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California Yanks $54M Walgreens Contract Over Abortion Pill Ban

‘WE’RE DONE’

Gov. Gavin Newsom accused the company of “[cowering] to the extremists and [putting] women’s lives at risk.”

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Reuters

California will let a $54 million contract with Walgreens lapse after the company announced its decision not to dispense abortion medication in certain states where the drugs remain legal, Gov. Gavin Newsom said. The decision comes after Walgreens caved to pressure from 20 Republican state attorneys general that its plan to mail out mifepristone pills could be in breach of state and federal law. “This is an attempt to call the question ‘Which side are you on? Whose side are you on?’” Newsom told Politico. He previously signaled the state’s coming response, tweeting Monday, “California won’t be doing business with @walgreens—or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk. We’re done.” The contractual renewal had been set to take place on May 1.

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