STAT+: ‘A slippery slope’: Pfizer sells a contraceptive and donated to political groups that could come after the company
Generally speaking, a company would not want to contribute to a politician whose actions could hurt its sales. But two of the biggest drugmakers may have set themselves up for that kind of dichotomy.
Since 2018, Pfizer contributed to three groups that, in turn, played a notable role in overturning Roe v. Wade through their support of elected officials. And a future item on the politically conservative agenda may be contraceptives sold by these companies, a scenario that could suggest they acted against their own financial interests.
