© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Individuals stroll by a Walgreens, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., in Manhattan, New York Metropolis, U.S., November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
(Reuters) -California won’t do enterprise with Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:) Inc, state Governor Gavin Newsom mentioned in a tweet on Monday, days after the pharmacy chain mentioned it could not dispense abortion capsules in some Republican-dominated states.
The state refuses to do enterprise with Walgreens or “any firm that cowers to the extremists and places girls’s lives in danger,” mentioned Newsom, a Democrat.
A spokesperson for the governor mentioned “all relationships” between Walgreens and the state had been now below evaluation however declined to element how enterprise ties would possibly change.
Walgreens mentioned final week it could not dispense abortion capsules in 20 states, together with states the place abortion stays authorized, the place the Republican attorneys basic have warned it of risking breaking the regulation if it distributed the capsules.
In an announcement issued in a while Monday to make clear its place, Walgreens mentioned it deliberate to dispense abortion capsule mifepristone in any jurisdiction the place it was legally permissible to take action.
“As soon as we’re licensed by FDA, we are going to dispense this medicine in line with federal and state legal guidelines”, the corporate mentioned.
Walgreens didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request to make clear whether or not it could dispense abortion capsules within the 20 states the place it was warned by Republican attorneys basic.
The U.S. Meals and Drug Administration in January allowed retail pharmacies to promote abortion capsule mifepristone, together with by mail, supplied they had been licensed below particular security guidelines for the drug.