Walgreens Caves to Antiabortion Republicans — Including in States Where Abortion Remains Legal

Abortion remains legal right now in states like Alaska, Iowa, Montana, and Kansas, despite being led by Republicans seeking to ban the procedure. But residents of those states will nevertheless be unable to obtain abortion pills from Walgreens: The nation’s second-largest pharmacy said Thursday that it will not distribute the medication in those conservative-run states, seemingly bowing to pressure from 20 Republican state attorneys general who threatened to bring legal consequences against companies that provide mifepristone by mail. “There is currently complexity around this issue in Kansas and elsewhere,” Fraser Engerman, senior director of external relations at Walgreens, told Politico,… Read Full Article