Call to 'Boycott Walgreens' Erupts After Company Caves to Right-Wing on Abortion Pills - CommonDream

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Call to 'Boycott Walgreens' Erupts After Company Caves to Right-Wing on Abortion Pills - CommonDreams
"This willful corporate choice will prevent so many women from choosing the healthcare they need and have a legal right to," said Sen. Tammy Duckworth.

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Calls to "boycott Walgreens" grew on social media after the United States' second-largest pharmacy chain confirmed Thursday that it will not sell abortion pills in nearly two dozen GOP-controlled states, including several where such medication remains legal.

Walgreens' decision came after 20 Republican state attorneys generals in February threatened the company with legal action if it began distributing mifepristone by mail.

The AGs wrote that federal law and many state laws prohibit "using the mail to send or receive any drug that will 'be used or applied for producing abortion,'" adding that "the text, not the Biden administration's view, is what governs."

After a yearslong study by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that mifepristone is safe and effective to use without a doctor's visit, the agency in January updated a rule allowing retail pharmacies to sell the drug—part of the Biden administration's attempt to protect abortion access in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2022 decision overturning Roe v. Wade, which unleashed a right-wing assault on reproductive freedom that experts say violates international human rights law.

As Politico first reported Thursday, Walgreens recently informed the AGs that it will not dispense mifepristone either by mail or at its physical stores in the 20 states where those officials are the top law enforcement officers.

Abortion in general, and medication abortion in particular, are still legal in some of the affected states, including Alaska, Iowa, and Montana.

Ashley Fairbanks wrote that "the only way to end corporate compliance with fascism is to impact their profits."

"Looks like it's time to boycott Walgreens," tweeted Corinne Blalock of Yale Law School. "I really can't get over how disgusted I am by... private corporations unilaterally denying millions of women's access to reproductive healthcare."

Calling Walgreens' move "absolutely awful," Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) warned that "this willful corporate choice will prevent so many women from choosing the healthcare they need and have a legal right to," and implored the company to "reverse course—immediately."

The FDA approved the use of mifepristone, taken in conjunction with misoprostol, for abortion within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy in 2000. Medication abortion became the most common method in the U.S. for terminating a pregnancy in 2020.

Link: https://www.commondreams.org/news/walgreens-abortion-pill

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[JohnSJ]

1. and it better be in mass and in all states in order to send the message.

[Deuxcents]

2. I'll boycott them.

One is not far from me n I go there every once in a while but I won’t until I hear they change this policy. Thanks for the post

[SoCalDavidS]

10. They Won't Change The Policy

So I guess you'll never be able to shop there again.

[Deuxcents]

11. Whatever it takes

[SoCalDavidS]

12. Thanks For Doing Your Part

I very seldom shop there to begin with, so my boycotting doesn't do much. But at least it feels good not supporting them, when they won't support women.

[MuseRider]

3. Already have.

I think this started here in Kansas with Kobach. I removed my prescriptions that I had there. Nothing like denying abortion pills in a state that passed abortion.

[Fullduplexxx]

4. Do companies ever cave to demands from the left?

[eShirl]

6. Do they ever cave to demands from the middle?

Sometimes?

[MOMFUDSKI]

8. NO. But

they ALWAYS cave to their stock dropping like a rock. This shouldn't take too long to accomplish if we all work together. I Emailed them and called my local.

[Samrob]

5. Done!

[Takket]

7. I'll repost exactly what I said in a similar thread yesterday.......

Walgreens needs to:

1. Fire their corporate lawyers.
2. Hire lawyers that know what the Commerce Clause is.
3. Tell the AGs to go fuck themselves.

[GGoss]

9. "BOYCOTT WALGREENS" Is ALL OVER Google Right Now

Don't forget to scroll down...

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