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(CALIFORNIA GLOBE) – California Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that the state will no longer do business with the pharmacy chain Walgreens following their decision to no longer sell an abortion pill in 20 states after attorney generals from those states threatened legal action.
For the last several years, Walgreens got a little shaky in the Golden State. Waves of store closures in places like San Francisco due to crime were widely condemned due to many of the closures coming in places where it would otherwise be very hard for some people to get prescriptions and other necessities. But neither California nor the drug store chain did anything considered “extreme” to the other.
However, all that was soon to change following last years’ Supreme Court decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which officially reversed Roe v. Wade and sent states scrambling over where they set the law at with abortion. While California quickly declared it is an abortion sanctuary state and passed laws furthering abortion rights in the state, other states added restrictions against abortion. This included going after the sale of abortion medication at pharmacies.
Last month, attorneys general from 20 states that were in favor of more restrictions sent a letter to Walgreens warning them of legal action if they would continue to sell abortion medication in their stores or by mail in their respective states. After some initial confusion, Walgreens agreed to not sell abortion pills in Florida, Texas, Ohio, Georgia, and the 16 other states threatening to challenge them.
While the matter seemed to be settled, with Walgreens establishing the decision on what to sell based on local and state laws, the situation only furthered the ire of Governor Newsom. In a tweet slamming the company, Newsom announced on 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.”
