Alice Miranda Ollstein

health care reporter for Politico

Alice Miranda Ollstein on KCRW

California will not renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens after the chain announced it would not dispense mifepristone in at least 20 states.

Did Walgreens cave to GOP lawmakers’ pressure over abortion pill?

California will not renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens after the chain announced it would not dispense mifepristone in at least 20 states.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Other states, including Massachusetts and New York, are taking a page out of the California playbook and are working to improve and protect abortion access.

Abortion protection: Blue states are following CA’s footsteps

Other states, including Massachusetts and New York, are taking a page out of the California playbook and are working to improve and protect abortion access.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

People can now get mifepristone, the drug that induces abortion, from big chain pharmacies.

New federal abortion rules wade into ‘uncharted legal territory’

People can now get mifepristone, the drug that induces abortion, from big chain pharmacies.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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