Alliance Defending Freedom represents the Stormans, a family that has owned and operated Ralph’s Thriftway, a small grocery store and pharmacy in Olympia, Wash., for four generations. Also represented are two pharmacists, Margo Thelen and Rhonda Mesler, who work elsewhere. The Stormans and the pharmacists are Christians, and their faith forbids them from participating in the destruction of human life. This includes the dispensing of Plan B or ella, two drugs which FDA guidelines have confirmed can destroy a human embryo. If Ralph’s or the pharmacists receive requests for these drugs, they refer the customer to one of many nearby pharmacies that regularly stocks and dispenses them. For example, within just five miles of Ralph’s are more than 30 pharmacies that stock and dispense Plan B. No patient in Washington has ever been denied timely access to any drug due to a pharmacist’s objection, and the state of Washington has recognized that conscience- based referrals are a time-honored pharmacy practice that do not pose a threat to patients’ timely access to medication.