{"id":2190972,"date":"2024-03-02T15:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T20:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shameful-pro-lifers-slam-decision-from-pharmacy-giants-to-begin-selling-abortion-pills\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T15:29:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T20:29:42","slug":"shameful-pro-lifers-slam-decision-from-pharmacy-giants-to-begin-selling-abortion-pills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shameful-pro-lifers-slam-decision-from-pharmacy-giants-to-begin-selling-abortion-pills\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-lifers criticize pharmacy giants for selling abortion pills, calling it &#8220;shameful"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshameful-pro-lifers-slam-decision-from-pharmacy-giants-to-begin-selling-abortion-pills%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2190972&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Pro-life Advocates Criticize Walgreens and CVS for Selling Abortion Pills<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a controversial move, pharmacy giants Walgreens and CVS have announced that they will\u2063 begin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-city-is-about-to-declare-itself-a-sanctuary-city-for-the-unborn\/\" title=\"Another City Is About To Declare Itself A Sanctuary City For The Unborn\">selling abortion pills<\/a>, a decision that has drawn strong criticism from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-remember-the-48th-annual-march-for-life\/\" title=\"Americans remember the 48th annual March for Life\">pro-life advocates<\/a>. The pills, specifically mifepristone, are used in over half of all abortions and will be \u2062available at select locations of both retailers. The Biden administration has applauded this decision, which comes just before a Supreme Court hearing on the FDA&#8217;s approval process for mifepristone and other restrictions on the pill.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>&#8220;Shameful and Reckless&#8221;: Pro-life Advocates Speak Out<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America&#8217;s\u200c State Policy Director, Katie Daniel, expressed her outrage, \u2064stating, &#8220;As two of the world&#8217;s largest, most trusted &#8216;health&#8217; brands, the decision by CVS and Walgreens to sell \u200cdangerous abortion drugs is \u2062shameful, and the harm to unborn babies and their\u2064 mothers incalculable. \u2063This reckless policy was made possible by the Biden administration, which is pushing to turn every pharmacy and post office in America into \u200ban abortion center \u2062for the sake of abortion industry greed.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Walgreens spokesperson Fraser Engerman confirmed that the\u2062 company will dispense the pills in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, \u2064California, and Illinois to women with prescriptions. CVS, on \u2063the other hand, will start in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Medical Professionals Raise Concerns<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ingrid Skop, a \u2062board-certified OB-GYN and vice president of the pro-life research group Charlotte Lozier Institute, strongly opposes the\u200b decision, stating, &#8220;Pharmacists should not\u2064 be distributing these dangerous drugs.\u200b By pushing these medically unsupervised abortions, \u2064the FDA and abortion advocates continue\u200b down the slippery slope of chipping away at medical standards for \u200cwomen seeking abortion. This is not \u200bhealth care. This is an ideology that prioritizes destruction of unborn human life and does \u200bnot care that the women injured by these abortions, whom I see in the \u200cER on a regular basis, are collateral \u2062damage.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interestingly, the announcement from Walgreens and CVS comes shortly after\u200b several major scientific studies on \u200bthe potential harm of abortion pills \u200bwere retracted by their publisher. The authors of\u200b these \u2062studies, including Ingrid Skop, \u200bbelieve\u200d that the retractions were politically motivated attempts to discredit their research as the \u200dSupreme Court prepares to hear the\u200c mifepristone case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1687352286746000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2XxW0VTdKx-2nQAhkiTR8M\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Biden Supports the Decision<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President Joe Biden has praised the move, calling \u2064it a &#8220;major milestone.&#8221; In a statement, he said, &#8220;With major retail pharmacy chains newly certified to dispense medication abortion, many women \u200dwill soon have the option \u2062to pick up their prescription at a local, certified pharmacy \u2014 just\u200d as they would for any other medication. I encourage all pharmacies that want to pursue this \u200boption to seek\u2062 certification.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Medication abortion has become \u2062increasingly common, particularly in states with strict abortion laws. Activist networks have been shipping foreign-made abortion drugs to bypass these \u200bstate laws and provide access to women seeking abortions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In\u200d what ways does the sale \u2062of abortion pills in pharmacies undermine the role \u200cof healthcare \u200dprofessionals in providing comprehensive \u2062reproductive care<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Abortion pills in \u2064pharmacies,\u200b we are normalizing and \u200dtrivializing a complex medical procedure. This\u2064 undermines the \u200crole of healthcare professionals\u2062 and places women at risk.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pro-life advocates argue that selling abortion pills in pharmacies not only poses risks to women&#8217;s health but also goes against the ethical principles of these healthcare institutions. They believe that \u200cpharmacies should prioritize providing medication that\u200d promotes \u2064health \u200cand saves lives,\u200d rather than facilitating a procedure that ends a \u2062life.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A \u200bMatter \u2063of\u200c Choice and Access<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the other side of the\u200b argument, proponents of the decision\u2062 point out that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberals-promote-horse-medication-as-abortion-pill\/\" title=\"Liberals Promote Horse Medication as Abortion Pill\">making abortion pills<\/a> \u2062more widely available in pharmacies increases access to safe and legal healthcare. They argue that this move is crucial, especially in areas with limited access to abortion clinics or\u200b where stigma and\u2062 logistical barriers prevent many women from obtaining the necessary medication.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Biden administration&#8217;s support for Walgreens and CVS&#8217;s decision aligns with their commitment to reproductive rights and access to healthcare. They argue that allowing pharmacies to dispense abortion \u2063pills empowers women to make independent\u200c decisions about their own bodies and reproductive choices.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Waiting Game: Supreme Court \u2063Hearing and \u2064FDA \u2062Approval<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This move by Walgreens and \u2063CVS comes just before a Supreme Court hearing on the FDA&#8217;s strict regulations on mifepristone. The pill&#8217;s approval \u200bprocess has long been a subject of controversy, with opponents arguing that the restrictions hinder access to safe abortion care. The court&#8217;s decision could have significant implications for the availability \u2063and accessibility of abortion pills in\u2064 the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pro-life advocates see this decision by pharmacy giants as an indication of a broader \u200btrend toward prioritizing profit over the sanctity of life.\u200c They believe that pharmacies,\u2062 as trusted healthcare institutions, should not participate in activities that end unborn lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-says-next-front-in-anti-abortion-fight-is-to-be-pro-adoption\/\" title=\"Pence shifts focus to promoting adoption in anti-abortion battle.\">debate surrounding reproductive rights<\/a> and access to healthcare continues, the decision\u200c by Walgreens and CVS\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walgreens-says-it-wont-sell-abortion-pills-in-kansas-after-state-ag-threatens-legal-action\/\" title=\"Walgreens Says It Won\u2019t Sell Abortion Pills In Kansas After State AG Threatens Legal Action\">sell abortion pills<\/a> has sparked\u2063 intense criticism from pro-life advocates. This controversy highlights the ongoing battle \u2064between those who advocate for the\u200d sanctity of life and those who \u2064prioritize \u2062women&#8217;s reproductive autonomy and access \u200bto safe healthcare.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-life advocates criticized Walgreens and CVS for their decision to sell abortion pills. The retailers plan to offer mifepristone, a pill used in over half of all abortions, at select locations. 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