Walgreens says it will not start selling an abortion pill in 20 states, including Utah, after being warned of legal consequences if it did so.
Medicated abortion is, for now, legal in Utah up to 18 weeks. Walgreens’ decision to not dispense mifepristone, one of two pills used in medicated abortions, comes after Attorney General Sean Reyes joined 19 other state attorneys general inthat it has responded to all 20 officials assuring them that it will not sell abortion pills either by mail or at its storefronts in those states.
More than half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than with a procedure, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights. In rare cases, the drug combination can cause excess bleeding, requiring emergency care. In late 2021, the agency eliminated an in-person requirement for getting the pill, saying a new scientific review showed no increase in safety complications if the drug is taken at home. That change also permitted the pill to be prescribed via telehealth and shipped by mail-order pharmacies.
In addition to state laws, attorneys general from conservative states have argued that shipments of mifepristone run afoul of a 19th century law that prohibited sending items used in abortion through the mail.A spokesman says the company told the attorneys general that it will not dispense mifepristone in their states and it doesn’t plan to ship the drug to them as well.
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