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California will stop all its enterprise with Walgreens, the retail drugstore chain, Gov. Gavin Newsom mentioned on Monday, days after the corporate introduced it will not dispense abortion treatment in 21 Republican-dominated states.

“California received’t be doing enterprise with @walgreens – or any firm that cowers to the extremists and places girls’s lives in danger,” the Democratic governor tweeted. “We’re carried out.”

Newsom’s pushback got here at an already fraught time for the way forward for treatment abortion, which is utilized in greater than half of all procedures nationwide, as a Texas decide weighs issuing a ban on Mifepristone, the primary tablet in a two-drug abortion routine. Walgreens had responded to authorized strain from Republican attorneys normal in 21 states – together with a handful the place abortion stays authorized – in deciding to partially halt its efforts to promote the drug.

“We intend to be a licensed pharmacy and can distribute Mifepristone solely in these jurisdictions the place it’s authorized and operationally possible,” the corporate mentioned final week in a press release.

Walgreens declined to touch upon Newsom’s tweet.

The conflict between Newsom and Walgreens, an enormous chain with hundreds of shops across the nation, marks the most recent spherical of fallout following the Supreme Court docket’s determination to overturn Roe v. Wade. The ruling, handed down in June of final 12 months, shook up nationwide politics forward of the 2022 midterms – with many Democrats crediting the backlash for serving to their candidates in powerful, swing state and seat races – and complex relationships between political and enterprise leaders.

The state is presently “reviewing all relationships between Walgreens and the state,” mentioned Newsom spokesman Brandon Richards. He additionally accused the corporate of giving in to “proper wing bullies.”

Newsom’s workplace introduced Wednesday that California could be “pulling again” a renewal of a $54 million contract with Walgreens that may have taken impact Could 1, 2023.

California’s Division of Basic Companies holds a contract with the retailer “to acquire specialty pharmacy pharmaceuticals,” largely utilized by the state’s Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation and its correctional well being care system, Newsom’s workplace mentioned in a information launch.

The state will discover different choices “for furnishing the identical companies,” his workplace mentioned.

Walgreens senior director for exterior relations Fraser Engerman mentioned in a press release Wednesday that the corporate was “deeply upset” with the announcement and mentioned that the choice to not renew was made off of “false and deceptive info.”

Late final week, Democratic California state Legal professional Basic Rob Bonta issued a press release slamming Walgreens for bowing to political strain from GOP officers.

“Treatment abortion is secure, efficient, and serves as a lifeline for folks in want of important care, particularly these from weak and underserved communities,” Bonta mentioned on Friday. “I’m upset that Walgreens has determined to offer in to political strain from anti-abortion states, and minimize off entry to those obligatory and lifesaving medicines.”

The corporate on Wednesday sought to make clear its place, although their newest assertion solely added to the confusion.

“Our place has all the time been that, as soon as we’re licensed by the FDA, Walgreens plans to dispense Mifepristone in any jurisdiction the place it’s legally permissible to take action,” Engerman mentioned. Treatment abortion is authorized and accessible in states like Kansas and Iowa, amongst others, regardless of opposition from prime Republicans, who’ve threatened authorized motion.

In a letter addressed to Kansas Legal professional Basic Kris Kobach, an anti-abortion Republican, from final month, Walgreens mentioned it “doesn’t intend to dispense Mifepristone inside your state and doesn’t intend to ship Mifepristone into your state from any of our pharmacies.”

Abortion stays protected underneath Kansas state regulation. Final summer season, the state voted overwhelmingly to dam efforts by lawmakers to ban the process following the Supreme Court docket’s determination to overturn Roe v. Wade lower than two months earlier.

The US Meals and Drug Administration mentioned in early January that pharmacies licensed to dispense Mifepristone can accomplish that on to somebody who has a prescription from a prescriber.

This story has been up to date with extra info.