CVS and Walgreens are “less than a week away” ahead of a Supreme Court battle challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s reversal of safety restrictions on mifepristone, a drug first used in two-drug abortions. The company plans to start selling abortion pills in 2020. regimen.
The move by the major retail pharmacy chain comes more than a year after the FDA changed regulations to allow abortion pills to be dispensed following a Supreme Court ruling. dobbs decision. CVS and Walgreens Said CBS News They are now certified to dispense the pills following FDA regulatory changes.
Bottles of the abortion drugs mifepristone (left) and misoprostol (right) at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neighborgal)
Mifepristone requires a prescription and is only available in brick-and-mortar stores, according to the report.
“Walgreens has completed the FDA certification process to dispense mifepristone and expects to begin dispensing within a week in accordance with federal and state law,” the company said in a statement to CBS News on Friday. . “We are beginning a phased rollout in select regions to help ensure quality, safety and privacy for patients, healthcare providers and team members.”
CVS told the outlet it will begin dispensing abortion pills in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the coming weeks.
“We are certified to dispense mifepristone in CVS pharmacies and will be accepting prescriptions for this drug in states where it is legally permitted,” CVS said. The pharmacy chain added that it “will gradually expand into additional states as permitted by law.”
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Supreme Court justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in the high-stakes case on March 26. In September, both President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Justice will hold oral arguments. Danko Laboratories LLCThe company, which sells mifepristone under the brand name Mifeprex, asked the Supreme Court to reverse lower court rulings that blocked two FDA lawsuits that would have loosened restrictions on abortion pills. The Supreme Court ultimately allowed both cases to be heard and combined them into one case, allotting a total of one hour for oral arguments.
Katie Daniel, national policy director for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said in an emailed statement:
As two of the world’s largest and most trusted health brands, CVS and Walgreens’ decision to sell dangerous abortion pills is shameful and the harm to unborn children and their mothers is immeasurable. yeah. The enabler of this reckless policy is the Biden administration, which is pushing to turn every pharmacy and post office in the United States into an abortion center due to the greed of the abortion industry.
“Just a few weeks from now, the Supreme Court will continue to witness the aftermath of women and girls who routinely present to the ER with severe pain, heavy bleeding, infections, and other serious complications. “We will be hearing a landmark case brought by doctors and the trauma they experience when giving birth to their own aborted children alone in the bathroom,” Daniel added in part. “The truth about abortion pills is being exposed, and I hope that the FDA will finally be held accountable for its failure to protect the American people.”
Sean Carney, CEO of 40 Days for Life, also issued an emailed statement, saying, “Right next to candy bars and toilet paper in states like New York, California, and Pennsylvania.” It criticized retail pharmacy chains for dispensing abortion pills.
Anti-abortion demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2022. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
“This new approach by the federal governmentegg “The United States’ treatment of abortion as a sacrament represents a dangerous turn away from all common sense,” Carney said in part. “This policy ignores the real safety concerns associated with these drugs and adopts a policy that could have far-reaching implications for vulnerable women who receive these dangerous drugs.” doing.”
“Our position remains clear: By sacralizing access to abortion, the government is ignoring grave risks to women and unborn children and prioritizing ideology over real care,” he said. continued.
mifepristone block The action of progesterone produced by the mother to nourish the pregnancy. When progesterone is inhibited, the mother’s endometrial lining deteriorates, cutting off blood and nutrients to the developing baby, causing it to die in the mother’s womb. Next, a drug called misoprostol (also called Cytotec) causes contractions and bleeding to expel the baby from the mother’s womb.
The pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute says mifepristone is Already used It accounts for more than half of all abortions in the United States. In 2020, the drug accounted for 53% of abortions, up from 39% in 2017.
Katherine Hamilton is a political reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow her at @thekat_Hamilton.
