{"id":615857,"date":"2023-03-09T07:49:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/09\/were-done-california-gov-gavin-newsom-ends-54-million-walgreens-contract-over-abortion-pill-dispute\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T07:49:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:49:36","slug":"were-done-california-gov-gavin-newsom-ends-54-million-walgreens-contract-over-abortion-pill-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/09\/were-done-california-gov-gavin-newsom-ends-54-million-walgreens-contract-over-abortion-pill-dispute\/","title":{"rendered":"‘We’re done’: California Gov. Gavin Newsom ends $54 million Walgreens contract over abortion pill dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday withdrew a $54 million contract with Walgreens after the pharmacy giant indicated it\u00a0would not sell<\/a>\u00a0an abortion pill by mail in some conservative-led states.<\/p>\n

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Newsom on Wednesday ordered state officials to not renew a contract with Walgreens to purchase specialty pharmacy prescription drugs for California\u2019s prison health care system, including antivirual and antifungal drugs and medication used for congestive heart failure. Walgreens has gotten about $54 million from the contract, which expires April 30.<\/p>\n

Newsom\u2019s office said the state will buy the drugs somewhere else.<\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia will not stand by as corporations cave to extremists and cut off critical access to reproductive care and freedom,\u201d Newsom said in a news release. \u201cCalifornia is on track to be the fourth largest economy in the world and we will leverage our market power to defend the right to choose.\u201d<\/p>\n

A representative from Walgreens, based in the northern Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Ill., did not respond to an email from the Associated Press seeking comment. But earlier this week, the company said in a statement the company plans to dispense the drug, called mifepristone, \u201cin any jurisdiction where it is legally permissible to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cProviding legally approved medications to patients is what pharmacies do, and is rooted in our commitment to the communities in which we operate,\u201d according to a statement posted onto the company\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Mifepristone<\/a>\u00a0is a pill that when combined with another pill will end a pregnancy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the pill in 2000 for use in up to the 10th week of pregnancy. Today, more than half of all abortions in the U.S. are done by pills, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights.<\/p>\n

After the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned the federal right to an abortion, more than a dozen states have restricted the use of abortion pills. But those restrictions are being challenged in court.<\/p>\n

Attorneys general in 20 states, mostly with Republican governors,\u00a0have warned<\/a>\u00a0Walgreens and CVS they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills in their states. Last week, Walgreens confirmed it sent a response to each attorney general saying it would not dispense the drug in their states.<\/p>\n

Newsom responded to that news on Monday, posting in a\u00a0message on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0that California won\u2019t be doing business with Walgreens \u201cor any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women\u2019s lives at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re done,\u201d Newsom said.<\/p>\n

Losing the California contract will have a small impact on Walgreens\u2019 revenues, as the company reported $132.7 billion in sales for the fiscal year that ended Aug. 31.<\/p>\n

But for Newsom, the move is more about solidifying California\u2019s role as a leader in what he has called \u201creproductive freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newsom has vowed to make California a sanctuary for people in other states where abortion is illegal or severely restricted. Last year, Newsom signed more than\u00a0a dozen new laws<\/a>\u00a0aiming to protect abortion rights, including signing off on\u00a0$20 million in new spending<\/a>\u00a0to help pay for the travel and lodging expenses for people to come to California from other states to get an abortion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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