© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Folks stroll by a CVS Pharmacy retailer within the Manhattan borough of New York Metropolis, New York, U.S., November 30, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
(Reuters) -New York authorities officers on Thursday despatched a letter to pharmacy operators CVS Well being Corp (NYSE:), Walgreens Boot Alliance and Ceremony Assist (NYSE:) Corp, asking about their plans to make abortion tablet mifepristone accessible within the state.
The letter from New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Lawyer Normal Letitia James requested the businesses to reply in writing inside 10 enterprise days about their dedication to dispense mifepristone at U.S. drug regulator-certified pharmacy places and by way of mail within the state.
The letter follows Walgreens’ assertion final week that it’s going to not dispense abortion drugs in some Republican-dominated states.
In a follow-up assertion on Monday nevertheless, Walgreens stated it deliberate to dispense mifepristone in any jurisdiction the place it was legally permissible to take action. When requested in regards to the New York officers’ letter, Walgreens directed Reuters to Monday’s assertion.
Ceremony Assist and CVS didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ requests for remark. Remedy abortion, which accounts for greater than half of U.S. abortions, has drawn rising consideration because the Supreme Court docket final 12 months overturned a landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that had acknowledged abortion as a constitutional proper nationwide.
New York has taken proactive steps to guard entry to in-clinic care, together with a $35 million funding to assist abortion suppliers, the state officers stated in a press release that accompanied the letter.
California Governor Gavin Newsom stated on Monday the state is not going to do enterprise with Walgreens after the corporate stated it might not dispense abortion drugs in some states, following a letter by Republican attorneys basic of 20 states, warning it of risking breaking the regulation if it bought the drugs.
