Walgreens has said it would refrain from dispensing abortion pills in some states, including Kansas, Iowa, Montana and Alaska, where abortion remains legal.
over dispensing abortion pills eclipses those controversies in scale and poses a threat to drug chains’ relationships with consumers, experts say.
Walgreens scrambled to find a safe middle ground based on using legal criteria. But that’s a delicate task on such a historically divisive issue, and as rapidly shifting state laws and rules remain in dispute or face court challenges in multiple jurisdictions. The way this fight is playing out for drugstores is analogous to the way political fights in Florida over gay rights, said Daniel Korschun, an associate professor of marketing at Drexel University. The legal and cultural issues companies face are now routinely seized upon by politicians seeking to make gains among their respective constituencies — Newsom in California, and Gov. Ron DeSantis in the case of Disney and Florida, he said.
Social media has helped activists bring cultural and political feuds directly to the doorstep of major corporations. Republicans have recently taken to hunting down and publicizing examples of what they call “woke capitalism” throughout corporate America, including Wall Street. It’s hard to find any corner of the economy that is immune. In addition to health care and energy, there’s blowout cultural fights over tech, sports franchises, retailers and entertainment.
Iowa state law permits a pharmacy to dispense abortion drugs, said Sally Frank, a professor of law at Drake University in Des Moines. A recent initiative in the state legislature to ban abortion pillsThe state’s Republican attorney general, Brenna Bird, was among the GOP attorneys general who signed theto Walgreens warning of legal action if it dispensed pills in their states.
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