Walgreens Won’t Sell Abortion Pills In These States—Even Though Abortion Is Legal There

The company gave into a request by 20 Republican attorneys general that threatened legal action over the drug.

from the Biden Administration that said mailing abortion pills is legal under federal law, even in states where the procedure is banned, and threatening legal action should the pharmacy choose to mail out abortion pills.

The company is still in the process of obtaining certification for doing so in states where it’s allowed and determining which pharmacies will provide it.What the impact of Walgreens’ move will be. Elizabeth Nash, a policy expert with the pro-abortion rights Guttmacher Institute, told Politico that denying mifepristone in pharmacies will have an outsized impact in rural areas or others without abortion clinics within easy traveling distance.

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