Overview

• Costco Wholesale Corp announced it will not dispense mifepristone at more than 500 pharmacies, citing weak consumer demand.
• A coalition including Inspire Investing and Alliance Defending Freedom called the decision a victory and said it will target CVS Health Corp and Walgreens Boots Alliance next.
• CVS and Walgreens remain the only national chains certified under the FDA’s REMS program and continue dispensing mifepristone in states where abortions are legal.
• Telehealth and mail-order prescriptions for the drug have grown to account for about a quarter of US abortions, up from roughly 5 percent before the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling.
• State attorneys general and legislators have pursued letters and bills to reinstate prior dispensing rules and to ban or restrict medication abortion further.