CVS Health is facing another lawsuit brought by a former employee who claims the pharmacy chain’s decision to fire her after she refused to prescribe birth control to patients violated her religious rights under federal law. J. Robyn Strader, a nurse practitioner and Texas resident, worked at a CVS MinuteClinic for six and a half years, according to the lawsuit , which she filed through her attorney in U.S. district court in Forth Worth on Wednesday. The complaint alleges that CVS terminated Strader’s employment illegally, arguing that the company’s decision dismissed protections outlined in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act . The provision, passed as part of a broader package of landmark legislation in 1964, prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex and national origin. One section of Title VII specifically notes that "[t]he term ‘religion’ includes all aspects of religious observance and practice, as well as belief, unless an employer demonstrates that he is unable to reasonably accommodate to an employee’s or prospective employee’s religious observance or practice without undue hardship on the conduct of the employer’s business." Strader claims in the new lawsuit that her Christian faith prevented her from prescribing contraceptive […]
