Record #: Or2023-113   
Type: Order Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 3/15/2023 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Health and Human Relations
Final action: 5/24/2023
Title: Call for Department of Public Health to vacate all agreements and public contracts with Walgreens Company and affiliates due to refusal to prescribe medically prescribed abortion-related medication
Sponsors: Lopez, Raymond A.
Topic: AGREEMENTS - Miscellaneous, - CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Health
Attachments: 1. Or2023-113.pdf

Committee on Health & Human Resources Chicago City Council Meeting March 15, 2023

ORDER

BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, That the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health is hereby instructed to vacate all agreements and vendor contracts with Walgreens Company and its affiliates with the Department after preemptively refusing to supply medically-prescribed abortion-related medication, even in states where abortion is and remains legal.

BE IT FURTHER ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO,

That the Chief Procurement Officer is hereby instructed to revoke the municipal vendor status of Walgreens Company and its affiliates due to their maintaining a company policy inconsistent with the values of the City of Chicago.