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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Thu Mar 9, 2023, 09:50 PM Mar 2023

The Price of Walgreens Capitulating to Republicans on Abortion Pills? $54 Million

Walgreens’ decision to capitulate to demands that it not dispense the abortion drug mifepristone in certain states has finally cost them. The state of California announced it will not renew its $54-million contract—which dispenses all medication to people detained in the state’s massive incarceration apparatus—with the retail pharmacy chain. The contract renewal would have gone into effect on May 1.

“This is an attempt to call the question ‘Which side are you on? Whose side are you on?” Newsom told Politico, which first reported the news. “Are you going to just cower in the face of bullies? Are you going to just roll over?”

This fight began in January when the Food and Drug Administration announced a new rule that would allow retail pharmacies to dispense mifepristone (the first of two drugs commonly used during a medication abortion), as long as the pharmacy was willing to jump through administrative hoops for certification. CVS and Walgreens, the first- and second-largest retail pharmacy chains in the country, immediately announced their intentions to get certified.

In response, anti-abortion activists announced protests against both chains in a number of cities. At the end of January, about 50 anti-abortion protesters invaded Walgreens’ annual shareholder meeting to “let them know blood will be on their hands.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/price-walgreens-capitulating-republicans-abortion-185700043.html

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The Price of Walgreens Capitulating to Republicans on Abortion Pills? $54 Million (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2023 OP
Yay! TdeV Mar 2023 #1
But they kept their principles. milestogo Mar 2023 #2
I will never shop there again. OMGWTF Mar 2023 #3
More here. usonian Mar 2023 #4
Walgreens has been in Chicago for many years, and it will pay the price. (here & elsewhere) Stuart G Mar 2023 #5
If it didn't have the potential of harming people who only have access to Walgreen's... tishaLA Mar 2023 #6
He's not finished cutting them off. Stay tuned. More pain for Walgreens from California. onecaliberal Mar 2023 #7
Walgreens is owned by Italian fascists peppertree Mar 2023 #8

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
5. Walgreens has been in Chicago for many years, and it will pay the price. (here & elsewhere)
Thu Mar 9, 2023, 11:46 PM
Mar 2023

Walgreens started in Chicago. This response will hurt their business everywhere. Even in states where it is legal.
But Walgreens doesn't have a clue. In Illinois it will provide the pills, but their over all income will go down. Even in
Illinois.

tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
6. If it didn't have the potential of harming people who only have access to Walgreen's...
Thu Mar 9, 2023, 11:46 PM
Mar 2023

it would be nice if Gov Newsom said that Medi-Cal will no longer pay for prescriptions filled there.

peppertree

(21,526 posts)
8. Walgreens is owned by Italian fascists
Fri Mar 10, 2023, 12:20 AM
Mar 2023

Stefano Pessina and (especially) his wife, Ornella Barra.

These are very much "no sex for you!" type of people (possibly members of the hard-right sect Opus Dei) - plus, paranoids who see Communists everywhere.

Suffice it to say, they donated heavily to the GOPee (many of whom hate Italians).

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