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Walgreens said Thursday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is unfairly targeting the pharmacy over plans for dispensing abortion pills in other states that it says are no different than those of its competitors. Newsom this week said California “won’t be doing business with Walgreens — or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk” after the pharmacy indicated last week it would not dispense abortion pills 21 states where attorneys general warned they would consider it illegal. Newsom’s office Wednesday announced the state won’t renew...

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LOS ANGELES, CA — California's Gov. Gavin Newsom flexed the state's economic might in the nation's culture war over reproductive rights Wednesday, opting not to renew the state's $54 million contract with Walgreens after the company bowed to pressure to stop dispensing an abortion drug in states where Republican officials threatened legal action. In announcing his plans to cut ties with Walgreens, the governor suggested other states could follow suit. “California will not stand by as corporations cave to extremists and cut off critical access to reproductive care and freedom,”...

SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday withdrew a $54 million contract with Walgreens after the pharmacy giant indicated it would not sell an abortion pill by mail in some conservative-led states. Newsom on Wednesday ordered state officials to not renew a contract with Walgreens to purchase specialty pharmacy prescription drugs for California's 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.

California won’t renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens as planned after the retailer announced it would stop selling abortion drug mifepristone in some states, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. The announcement comes two days after Newsom vowed to stop doing business with Walgreens after the company caved to requests from conservative attorneys general to stop selling mifepristone. “California will not stand by as corporations cave to extremists and cut off critical access to reproductive care and freedom,” Newsom said in a statement. “California is on track to be the...

California will cease all its business with Walgreens, the retail drugstore chain, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Monday, days after the company announced it would not dispense abortion medication in 21 Republican-dominated states. “California won’t be doing business with @walgreens – or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk,” the Democratic governor tweeted. “We’re done.” Newsom’s pushback came at an already fraught time for the future of medication abortion, which is used in more than half of all procedures nationwide, as a Texas judge...