Protected class.
> A pharmacist should be able to deny knowing options about birth control based on religious rights?
> A hospital should be able to deny removal of life sustaining device when I don't want it anymore?
You want to get into the special laws and regulations the medical field operates under? Really? Really? Because I can guarantee you don't. I can guarantee you are not qualified to do that, and do not have the patience to even start.
Leave it alone. It is its own world and always has been.
> What if Mead stopped you from using their notebook to write down a thought that they don't agree with?
It's more useful to have competition than regulation, because regulation can be gamed. Regulation is required when competition is not possible, does not happen, or when the potential for harm is so high that we cannot simply trust to competition, as in the medical field.