TOPEKA, Kan. – (KPR) – Walgreens has announced it will not send abortion pills into Kansas.
In a letter, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach warned the company in early February that dispensing the abortion drug Mifepristone would be a violation of state and federal law. “This is a significant victory for the pro-life cause and for women’s health,” Kobach said. “The dispensing of these pills without a supervising physician present would expose women to complications and potentially to coercion as well.”
Walgreens responded to the attorney general’s warning with its own letter dated February 17. In it, Walgreens Executive Vice President Danielle Gray writes: “Walgreens does not intend to dispense Mifepristone within your state and does not intend to ship Mifepristone into your state from any of our pharmacies. If this approach changes, we will be sure to notify you.”
