(Reuters) – Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc will not dispense abortion pills in several U.S. states where they are still legal, Politico reported on Thursday citing the pharmacy.
Last month, 20 Republican state attorneys general told Walgreens and CVS Health Corp that they could run afoul of federal and state law if they distribute the abortion drug mifepristone by mail.
Walgreens has assured them it will not dispense the pills in stores or by mail, Politico said.
The pharmacy is not distributing the pills anywhere in the country but is working to obtain certification to do so in some states, Politico reported, saying the firm declined to say which states.
“There is currently complexity around this issue in Kansas and elsewhere,” Politico quoted Fraser Engerman, Walgreens’ senior director of external relations, as saying.
Walgreens did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Medication abortion, which accounts for more than half of U.S. abortions, has drawn increasing attention since the Supreme Court in June overturned a landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had recognized abortion as a constitutional right nationwide.
After the ruling, President Joe Biden directed federal agencies to expand access to medication abortion.
(Reporting by Gokul Pisharody in Bengaluru; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
