While pharmacy giant Walgreens recently indicated that it plans to obtain certification to sell the abortion medication Mifepristone in its stores across the United States, the company sent a letter to Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach on Friday confirming that it has no plans to dispense the abortion pill in Kansas.
The AG had written to Walgreens on Feb. 6 to inform the company that selling abortion pills in Kansas—or mailing such pills into the state—would be a federal crime.
“I have become aware of your company’s recently announced plan to provide abortifacients through its mail-order pharmacy business,” Kobach wrote to Danielle Gray, Executive Vice President of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. “As the chief law enforcement officer in Kansas, I am writing to advise you that this plan is illegal, and Kansas will not hesitate to enforce the law.”…