Religious groups pressure retail pharmacies, including Costco, not to carry abortion drug Eilís O'Neill August 14, 2025 / 4:11 pm

Religious organizations have ramped up their pressure on retail pharmacies to not carry mifepristone — the first of two drugs used in most medication abortions and to manage some miscarriages.

Since 2023, retail pharmacies have had the option to sell the drug, as long as they got a special certification. But very few pharmacies have that certification. And religious groups have targeted national pharmacy chains with campaigns against carrying the drug.

“We mobilized over 9,000 investors, members, and concerned citizens to sign a petition to Costco’s CEO asking him to consider the legal, moral, economic, and political controversy surrounding the dispens

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