Fri Feb 3, 2023 – 3:06 pm EST
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (LifeSiteNews) –20 Republican state attorneys general have warned CVS and Walgreens that the pharmaceutical companies could face legal repercussions for distributing abortion pills.
The letter, whose signers include the attorneys general from Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Texas, and West Virginia, was sent to Danielle Gray, executive vice president of Walgreens. Wednesday by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. A copy of the letter was also sent to Tom Moriarty, executive vice president and general counsel for CVS.
Alluding to the Comstock Act of 1873, the attorneys general state that federal law forbids the distribution of abortion drugs via mail. In late December, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Legal Counsel released an opinion that abortion pills could be mail-delivered and received “where the sender lacks the intent that the recipient of the drugs will use them unlawfully.”
Contesting the DOJ’s opinion, the attorneys general wrote that “the text, not the Biden administration’s view, is what governs. And the Biden administration’s opinion fails to stand up even to the slightest amount of scrutiny.”
“We reject the Biden administration’s bizarre interpretation, and we expect courts will as well,”
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