… Because that’s what freedom means. … If a pharmacists wishes to refuse service to someone because he doesn’t like her use of the day-after pill, then he should be allowed to do that. Pharmacists are not public servants. They are private actors. They are not paid by the government. They are citizens.
If a client doesn’t like his pharmacist’s refusal, or his smock, or his wall color, he can go to a different pharmacist.
That’s what our notion of freedom is. …