Further to this entry, I got the same form letter back from Target that Joseph got:

From: guest.relations@target.com
Date Fri, 18 Nov 2005
To: me
Subject: Filling Prescriptions at Target

Dear Bill Hooker,

In our ongoing effort to provide great service to our guests, Target consistently ensures that prescriptions for the emergency contraceptive Plan B are filled. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 also requires us to accommodate our team members’ sincerely held religious beliefs.

In the rare event that a pharmacist’s beliefs conflict with filling a guest’s prescription for the emergency contraceptive Plan B, our policy requires our pharmacists to take responsibility for ensuring that the guest’s prescription is filled in a timely and respectful manner, either by another Target pharmacist or a different pharmacy.

- The emergency contraceptive Plan B is the only medication for which this policy applies.
- Under no circumstances can the pharmacist prevent the prescription from being filled, make discourteous or judgmental remarks, or discuss his or her religious beliefs with the guest.

Target abides by all state and local laws and, in the event that other laws conflict with our policy, we follow the law.

We're surprised and disappointed by Planned Parenthood’s negative campaign. We’ve been talking with Planned Parenthood to clarify our policy and reinforce our commitment to ensuring that our guests’ prescriptions for the emergency contraceptive Plan B are filled. Our policy is similar to that of many other retailers and follows the recommendations of the American Pharmacists Association. That’s why it’s unclear why Target is being singled out.

We’re committed to meeting the needs of our female guests and will continue to deliver upon that commitment.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Hanson
Target Executive Offices

What weaselly bullshit. It appears to have been updated in response to other people's letters; for instance, the bit about Plan B being the only "refusable" was not in the earlier response Portia got. A simple google search reveals yet other variations.

I sent this back:

Dear Ms Hanson:

You cannot hide behind the Civil Rights Act: there is nothing in the
idea of "religious freedom" which allows a person or organisation to
force their beliefs on another, which is what a Target pharmacist will
be doing if they refuse to fill a Plan B scrip. Further, what is the
moral difference between condoms and Plan B (which, as I'm sure you are
aware, is not an abortifacient)? Does your odd interpretation of the
CRA also oblige you to accomodate factual inaccuracies and logical
inconsistencies?

You write that your pharmacy employees are not allowed to "make
discourteous or judgmental remarks, or discuss [...] religious beliefs"
-- bunk, and you know it. The simple act of refusing to fill the scrip
is discourteous and judgemental. Let your pharmacy employees show the
courage of their convictions and resign if the job conflicts with their
beliefs, rather than shift the weight and cost of those beliefs onto
Target's female customers.

And quit whining about being "singled out". What you are doing is
wrong, and "others are doing it too" is no excuse. My own boycott
extends to any and all pharmacies who implement reprehensible policies
like Target's. Planned Parenthood's refusal to let Target get away with
it in no way precludes simultaneous action against other groups.

Until and unless Target recognises that the physical autonomy of their
female customers takes precedence over any employee's personal belief, I
will withhold my custom entirely and encourage everyone else to do
likewise.

Planned Parenthood's detailed takedown of the Target response letter is here. PP has a ton of other resources, including fact sheets on refusal clauses and the difference between EC and medication abortion, a list of documented pharmacist refusals, summaries of state actions and laws and a list of ways to get involved, including a followup email campaign.

PP also has an email you can send to thank companies whose policies are in line with the PP position; so far, only Costco, CVS, Harris Teeter, K-Mart and Price Choppers qualify.

Update: the National Women's Law Center also has a page of resources for women's health, including the Pharmacy Refusal Project and information about emergency contraception.