Pharmacies and abortion
Walgreens and CVS Pharmacy Inc. recently announced their desire to expand sales of the chemical prescription abortion pill mifepristone in certain states where abortion is legal. Research by the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion access, indicates the abortion pill represented a staggering 63% of all abortions in 2023. The latest moves follow the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — which in 2000 approved mifepristone to terminate pregnancies of up to 10 weeks when used with a second drug, misoprostol — finalizing a rule change that broadened availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies. The idea of our neighborhood Walgreens and CVS becoming active partners in the abortion industry is not only alarming, but truly devastating. Let’s support and encourage all pharmacies in saying “no” to this reproductive recklessness by respecting the well-being of both mother and child.
Joseph Engesser
St. Joseph, Red Wing
