One choice fits all

Americans are losing the right not to support certain behaviors | Joel Belz

So if you were for any reason under the impression that the United States has become something of a more pluralistic society, open to people of a whole variety of worldviews and ideologies, ask Luke, Jim, and Matt. "Don't kid yourself," I think they'd say.

All three, in very different ways, are learning that their own kind of individualism is not just frowned on—but may even be against the law.

Luke Vander Bleek is a pharmacist at Fitzgerald's Pharmacy in Morrison, Ill. He gained national publicity a few days ago because of his commitment neither to stock nor to fill any prescriptions for the so-called "morning-after pill," a birth-control pill that works as an abortifacient that purposely destroys a fertilized egg. "I don't know of any other instance where people are required to provide abortions, do you?" Mr. Vander Bleek asked a reporter from WTTW-Chicago who was interviewing him for airing on PBS. "I mean is there any other place in the United States where people don't have the right of conscientious objection to that practice?"