#StopAbortionRx
In January 2023, after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration stripped away two decades of safety rules for the drug mifepristone, the Walgreens Corporation and CVS announced plans to begin selling it in their stores.
Also known as “the abortion pill,” this drug was approved for use in the year 2000 for the purpose of ending healthy intrauterine pregnancies — esssentially, to cause a miscarriage. The safety rules scrapped by the FDA had required dispensers to administer ultrasounds and blood tests at in person visits in order to prevent death and injury to pregnant people. Now, the door is open for neighborhood pharmacies to fill over-the-phone prescriptions.
In response, a coalition of pro-life activists, spurred on by our sister organization PAAU, launched the #StopAbortionRx protests. After a few weeks, Politico reported that Walgreens would not be selling mifeprostone in ”several states where abortion in general, and the medications specifically, remain legal.” This made our Governor, Gavin Newsom, very angry. Over Twitter, he threatened a boycott that would pull government contracts and millions of dollars away from Walgreens if they continued down that path.
NEWSOM FAILED
Then in April, the news came out that Newsom does not have the power to do this! According to California Healthline:
California is legally bound to continue doing business with Walgreens through the state’s massive Medicaid program, health law experts said…
Newsom spokesperson Anthony York said, “Tweeting is not policy.”
Walgreens has even been reinvited to apply for a specialty drug contract that Newsom pulled back on renewing last month, York said.
This means the only remaining boycott in California with the power to influence Walgreens belongs to the pro-life movement, and we need to own it! If you can’t make it to a #StopAbortionRx event in person, you can send a powerful message by transferring your presriptions and taking your business to these alternative pharmacies in San Francisco.
Lucky Pharmacy #756
1750 Fulton St
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 923-6411
Thousand Cranes Pharmacy
1832 Buchanan St Ste 203
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 409-4357
Safeway Pharmacy #995
1335 Webster St
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 921-5502 for Rx
(415) 921-4557 for store
Sunset Wellness
801 Irving Street
San Francisco, CA 94122
-in the old Rexall building-
(415) 664-8800
Safeway Pharmacy #1507
2020 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 436-9032 for Rx
(415) 861-7660 for store
Parnassus Heights Pharmacy
350 Parnassus Ave Ste 100
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 564-9191
AHF Pharmacy
4071 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 255-2720
Post & Divisadero Med Pharmacy
2299 Post St Ste 109
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 488-8996
Sutter Professional Pharmacy
2300 Sutter St Ste 101
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 567-3223
Joe's Pharmacy
5199 Geary Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 751-2326
Solano Pharmacy - SF
1021 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 874-9999
TIN Rx - Castro
2175 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94114
(628) 895-9508
Koshland Pharm
301 Folsom St Suite B
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-344-0600