California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said the state is “done” doing business with Walgreens, accusing the company of cowering “to the extremists” for refusing to provide abortion pills to several Republican states.
“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,” Newsom said on Monday:
Newsom’s warning followed Walgreens announcing that it will not provide abortion pills in 20 Republican states following several attorneys general warning the company that it could be breaking the law if it chose to provide the abortifacients — primarily, mifepristone.
“I will enforce the laws as written,” Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey wrote in a letter co-signed by 19 other attorneys general. “That includes laws protecting the health of women and their unborn children.
“The FDA rule is in direct violation of federal law, and the unelected bureaucrats at the FDA have no authority to change Missouri law, either,” the letter reads, referring to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) broadening the availability of abortion pills.
“The people’s elected representatives have spoken on the issue of abortion in our state, and we will fight to uphold that in court,” Bailey added.
