Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Safeway and Health Mart have been silent for months on whether they will get certified to sell mifepristone.
program that monitors how the medication is distributed and used by patients.
"It is unconscionable that five of the largest retail pharmacies in the country are refusing to declare whether they will receive certification to provide basic, legal, FDA-approved medication abortion health care for Americans," Rep. Dan Goldman, D-NY, said in a statement Thursday.asking the companies' CEOs to confirm by June 23 whether their pharmacies will get certified to sell the abortion pill.
Democratic governors and senators asked the companies in March whether their pharmacies will get certified to dispense the medication. The companies still have not taken a public position on the issue. The largest retail pharmacies in the U.S. have found themselves increasingly caught in the middle of the national battle over abortion access, which was set in motion by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last June.
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