Providence deal with Walgreens irks ACLU


ASSOCIATED PRESS: The ACLU has sent a letter to Walgreens expressing concern over its partnership with a Catholic hospital to run its in-store clinics.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS: The ACLU has sent a letter to Walgreens expressing concern over its partnership with a Catholic hospital to run its in-store clinics.

In a letter sent to Walgreens on Monday, the organizations asked if the clinics would allow access to contraception, abortion drugs and prescriptions to aid in dying, as allowed by Death with Dignity laws.

The letter notes that other health organizations that have partnered with Providence Health stopped providing abortions after affiliating with the Catholic hospital.

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