California’s Medicaid program will continue to pay Walgreens about $1.5 billion each year despite Democratic Gov. "California won’t be doing business with @Walgreens -- or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk. The California Department of Health Care Services said California will continue to comply with that law, Kaiser Health News reported. Newsom’s spat with Walgreens began after the company indicated it would not distribute abortion pills by mail in some conservative states. Several states have taken steps to restrict mifepristone, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down federal abortion protections last year.

Source: CNN April 09, 2023 01:52 UTC