Making good on a threat he made Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday that California will cancel a $54 million contract with Walgreens as punishment for the pharmacy’s decision not to distribute abortion pills in states where attorneys general have warned it would be illegal.
Newsom on social media Monday said California “won’t be doing business with Walgreens — or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk” after the company indicated last week that it would not dispense abortion pills in at least 20 states where attorneys general threatened legal action.
But Newsom didn’t elaborate and his office at the time could not say what exactly that would mean.
