Walgreens announced last week that it'd stop selling mifepristone, a popular abortion pill, in red states. Michael M. Santiago / Getty ImagesLast week, Walgreens said it not distribute abortion pills in states where Republican officials have threatened legal action. California won't be doing business with @walgreens -- or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women's lives at risk. Last month, 20 Republican state attorneys generals sent a letter threatening legal action against companies that began carrying the pills. But the drug — which is also used to ease miscarriages — is still legal in some of the states threatening Walgreens, including Alaska, Iowa, Kansas and Montana.

Source: CNN March 07, 2023 22:38 UTC