Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and South Dakota already have laws that allow pharmacists to refuse to fill a prescription for emergency contraceptives.
Janice Shaw Crouse of Concerned Women for America said that forcing supermarket employees to sell the drug would represent a "complete disregard" for their conscience rights.
Seton Catholic hospitals decided to provide the abortifacient Plan B emergency contraception to sexual assault victims after lobbying by NARAL Pro-Choice Texas.
Pharmacists will be allowed to decide whether it is “clinically appropriate” to dispense the drug to girls under 16 without the supervision of a physician and without informing parents.