Conservatives can put another win under their belt.
Costco has announced that it will no longer sell the abortion pill Mifepristone.
The move by Costco came after the wholesale giant received pressure from pro-life investors.
The Daily Caller provided more information on Costco’s decision to halt abortion pill sales:
Costco said it will no longer dispense the abortion drug mifepristone at its pharmacies, delivering a major victory to pro-life advocates, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
The wholesale giant said it will not sell the abortion pill at its more than 500 pharmacy locations across the country, according to Bloomberg. The move follows pressure from pro-life investors and conservative groups that had formally asked Costco and other grocery chains not to dispense the abortion drug last year.
“We commend Costco’s clear message that it won’t be complicit in the abortion industry’s agenda to sell dangerous abortion drugs,” Emily Erin Davis, vice president of communications at SBA Pro-Life America, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “We urge all concerned Americans to continue advocating with their voices and wallets by avoiding pharmacies that actively harm women and children. And we urge chains like Walgreens, CVS and others to follow Costco’s lead and avoid getting in the life-ending business of abortion.”
The company attributed the decision to the lack of consumer demand for mifepristone and did not comment on whether outside advocacy influenced its stance, Bloomberg reported. Medication abortions, however, currently account for nearly two-thirds of abortions performed each year.
“It’s a very significant win and it’s one we hope to build on this coming year,” said Michael Ross, legal counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom’s (ADF) corporate engagement team, according to Bloomberg. The ADF was part of a coalition of pro-life groups, firms and financial advisors that sent letters last August to Costco, Walmart, Kroger and other retailers urging them against selling chemical abortion drugs at their pharmacies.
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The Hill reported Democrats are furious about the move:
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) hammered Costco on Friday for appeasing “far-right extremists,” after the retailer said earlier this week that its pharmacies would not dispense the abortion medication mifepristone.
“I am deeply alarmed by news reports that Costco is refusing to sell safe, effective, and legal medication for no other reason than to appease the politics of anti-abortion fanatics,” Murray said in a statement following the news. “I refuse to stand by and allow far-right extremists to bully major corporations and dictate what medicine women can or cannot get access to.”
“Where it is legal, retailers and major pharmacies must absolutely make medication abortion available to the women who need it,” the Washington Democrat added.
Costco, in its Thursday announcement, explained that the decision came from a “lack of demand.”ADVERTISEMENT“Our position at this time not to sell mifepristone, which has not changed, is based on the lack of demand from our members and other patients, who we understand generally have the drug dispensed by their medical providers,” the company said, according to Reuters.
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