AmerisourceBergen spokesperson Lauren Esposito declined to confirm or deny what the company said to Cortez Masto’s office, but told POLITICO that its goal was to “use drugs where legally permitted.” She also said that the definition of what is legal is “in the nuances of laws and regulations in states that are under regular pressure from legal challenges.” Based on that, it is dynamic and rapidly evolving in individual states.”
Clashes between the senator and the company are about where and how patients post-egg Not only does the United States have access to abortion pills, the most common method of abortion, but it also has access to the pressure businesses face as Republican officials try to tighten enforcement of abortion laws.
Cortez Masto, the state’s former attorney general, said her office reached out to AmerisourceBergen last week. Vox reported About the company’s strategy for distributing abortion pills.
She said she began negotiations with Nevada’s Democratic Attorney General, Aaron Ford, about how to appeal to AmerisourceBergen that state law protects the distribution of pills in pharmacies. Ford’s office did not comment on the conversation, citing the attorney general’s trip this week.
Senators told POLITICO that Nevada voted decades ago, via a ballot initiative, to legalize abortion up to 24 weeks’ gestation, and that additional legislation in 2019 will prescribe abortion drugs. He said he protected the right to use it. A ban on telemedicine prescribing drugs, mandatory ultrasounds, and no need for a doctor to be present when a patient takes a pill.
“In Nevada, it’s a pro-choice state. Codified Law vs Wade We believe in women’s right to choose and we believe they should have access to the medicines they need,” she said. Any company that doesn’t provide essential medicines, I call on them.”
Walgreens, the second-largest pharmacy chain in the United States, confirmed to POLITICO in early March that it will not distribute the pills in 21 states where Republican attorneys general have threatened to sue the company. Albertsons, Costco, CVS, Kroger, Rite Aid and Walmart have so far declined to disclose their sales plans.
However, because all U.S. retail pharmacies rely on AmerisourceBergen to stock brand-name versions of medicines, wholesalers’ interpretation of state law could provide access to millions of people in the future. I have. Pharmacies may be able to obtain and distribute generic versions of abortion pills.
AmerisourceBergen declined to provide a list of states it doesn’t sell the drug or why its analysis of where it can be sold differs from Walgreens’. He stressed that he would continue to distribute the pills to “accredited providers such as led clinics.” Much more accessible than a doctor’s office. egg overturned.
Pharmacy dispensing of abortion pills is a new frontier, made possible by policy changes announced by the Biden administration in January. Major chains, independent pharmacies and distributors such as AmerisourceBergen are working to obtain approval from pharmaceutical companies to sell their tablets as required by the Food and Drug Administration. But in the meantime, there’s been a struggle between state and federal elected officials with competing interpretations of whether pharmacies are legal to dispense drugs.
Nearly 20 Republican state attorneys wrote letters to several major pharmacy chains in February, threatening legal action if the companies dispensed abortion pills by mail or at brick-and-mortar pharmacies across the state. bottom. The Democratic attorney general responded with a unique letter urging pharmacies to dispense pills and arguing that their right to do so is legally protected.
Other leaders jumped into the fray. Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom has terminated a deal with Walgreens to supply drugs to the unregulated correctional system following his POLITICO report on the chain’s abortion drug distribution stance. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Majihiro’s (D-Hawaii) has asked pharmacies to disclose to Congress where they dispense drugs and how they make their decisions.
“While the law may clearly indicate that this is permissible, the AG’s ability to threaten legal action is a major concern,” said Joanne Rosen, a senior lecturer in the Bloomberg School of Health Policy and Management. “These officials are counting on intimidation and are afraid to shut down something even if it is legal. because you don’t want to be.”
