In July, Rachel Peterson’s OB-GYN called in a prescription to the Meijer pharmacy in Petoskey, Michigan, for misoprostol to treat her recent miscarriage. But about an hour later, Meijer pharmacist Richard Kalkman called Peterson and told her that because of his religious beliefs, he would not fill her prescription—nor would he call another pharmacist or transfer the prescription to another pharmacy. And with no law in Michigan explicitly protecting the rights of patients like Peterson from being denied health care and services because of another’s religious objection, Peterson was left with few options.
