Costco will not sell the abortion pill mifepristone at its pharmacy locations, the shopping club told CBS News.

The wholesaler said its decision not to sell the prescription medication was based on a "lack of demand from our members and other patients."

"They generally have the drug dispensed by their medical providers," Costco said in a statement to CBS News.

Costco's position on the abortion pill, which was first reported by Bloomberg , was praised by a conservative religious coalition, called the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), an anti-abortion advocacy group that had urged Costco not to sell mifepristone.

"We applaud Costco for doing the right thing by its shareholders and resisting activist calls to sell abortion drugs," ADF's legal counsel Michael Ross said in a statement T

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