Walgreens on Thursday said it won’t sell an abortion pill by mail in 20 conservative-led states.
confirmed that the company sent a response to each of the attorneys general saying that it will not dispense mifepristone in their states.
Nineteen U.S. states have imposed restrictions on abortion pills, but there’s a court battle over whether they have the power to do so in defiance of U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy. A physician and a company that makes the pill mifepristone filed separate lawsuits earlier this year seeking to strike down bans in North Carolina and West Virginia.
The FDA for more than 20 years limited dispensing of the drug to a subset of specialty offices and clinics because of safety concerns. But it eased restrictions since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic by eliminating the in-person requirement for the pill and allowing brick-and-mortar pharmacies to dispense it. At least one lawsuit filed by abortion opponents argues that the FDA has overstepped its authority in approving the abortion drugs.
He said the company “will dispense only in those jurisdictions where it is legal to do so if we are certified.”Please read our
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