Walgreens' decision appears to be out of caution, after a Republican attorneys general warned the company of possible legal action.
It would appear that Walgreens is acting out of caution, as federal law seems to clash with state law.
According to POLITICO and documents publicly available online, almost two dozen Republican state attorneys general wrote to Walgreens last month, threatening legal action against the pharmacy chain if it started distributing abortion pills. In one such documents, Attorney General of Missour Andrew Bailey wrote to Walgreens to"advise" the company"of the current law in this changing legal landscape," addressing Walgreens' intention of mailing abortion pills to customers.
Talking of the Biden administration's recent efforts to allow retail pharmacies to dispense abortion pills, Bailey claims that what governs the mailing of such drugs isn't the Biden administration's move, but the federal law expressly prohibiting using the mail to send or receive any drug that will"be used or applied for producing abortion."
Walgreens told POLITICO that it's trying to obtain certification to distribute the drugs in certain states, though it didn't specify which ones.
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