PULSE POINTS
WHAT HAPPENED: Costco announced it will not sell the abortion pill Mifepristone at its pharmacy locations due to a lack of demand.
WHO WAS INVOLVED: Costco and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).
WHEN & WHERE: Decision made public Thursday, August 14, 2025
KEY QUOTE: “We applaud Costco for doing the right thing by its shareholders and resisting activist calls to sell abortion drugs.” – Michael Ross, ADF legal counsel.
IMPACT: The decision avoids controversy over selling abortion-related medications.
IN FULL
Costco has decided not to sell the abortion pill Mifepristone at its pharmacy locations, citing a lack of demand from its members and other patients. “They generally have the drug dispensed by their medical providers,” Costco stated in announcing the decision.
The move was welcomed by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a religious liberty legal organization that had urged Costco to refrain from selling the drug. Michael Ross, legal counsel for ADF, commented, “We applaud Costco for doing the right thing by its shareholders and resisting activist calls to sell abortion drugs.”
Mifepristone, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000, is part of a two-step regimen used to terminate pregnancies up to 10 weeks. Research from the Guttmacher Institute indicates that the drug is used in over half of all abortions in the United States.
Costco’s decision is a break from that of other major national retailers. The National Pulse reported in March of last year that CVS Health had announced it would provide the abortifacient at its pharmacies in Rhode Island and neighboring Massachusetts, with Walgreens rolling out its dispensing services in specific locations in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California, and Illinois.
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