New York Urges Pharmacies To Commit To Fulfill Abortion Pill Prescriptions

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday called on the CEOs of major pharmacy chains to reject anti-abortion pressure and pledge they’ll continue dispensing a medication abortion drug.

Walgreens, which runs New York-based Duane Reade, last week said it wouldn’t fulfill prescriptions for mifepristone in 20 GOP-led states after state attorneys general warned the company not to do so.

Access to abortion pills appears to be the next battle on the abortion rights front after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision last summer, enabling some...