Reproductive Rights Clash With Religious Ones in Abortion Wars

Health industry workers increasingly are asserting religious rights to argue they shouldn’t be forced to help women obtain a range of reproductive medication.

A spate of lawsuits against CVS Health Corp. by anti-abortion workers, spurred by the US Supreme Court’s decision last year to void Roe v. Wade, highlights a growing tension between reproductive services and religious protections.

In one recent suit, nurse practitioner J. Robyn Strader sued CVS for firing her for refusing to provide customers birth control. Key to the lawsuit, attorneys say, is Strader’s use of the term “birth control” in reference to either contraceptives or ...