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"The job of the pharmacist is to fill prescriptions. If she doesn't do her job and is fired for it there would be no "show" just another fired employee. She wouldn't stand a chance in court".

I think your screen name says it all. "Justshutupandtake it". Just allow the State to compel you to assist a woman in her decision to kill her baby.

Pharmacy is a profession. The Pharmacist as a Health Professional has an obligation to fill prescriptions safely and in a knowledgeable manner. he has NO obligation to fill every prescription. A doctor has NO obligation to accept a patient, or to provide any particular medical care that the patient wants. Neither the Pharmacist or the Doctor is a servant, or a slave. If you don't like their decisions, go elsewhere; they have a right to apply their moral judgments to their practice, and they are not even obligated to discuss the matter with you except perhaps to point out they have a moral problem with that particular service. The patient can choose to go elsewhere.

There is another issue, however, and that is the issue that may arise between a Pharmacist and an employer who differ in this moral judgment. Some employers may choose to terminate a Pharmacist who refuses to help kill a baby; I doubt that most employers would choose to open that can of worms. I believe most employers would accept that they cannot compel someone to violate a fundamental moral belief, and also not want to lose an otherwise well performing Pharmacist. In the case where the employer chooses to push it, however, I think that various Right to Life organizations would love the opportunity for a test case, and I wonder if a given Pharmacy would want to invest so much financially in an effort to fight the issue.