CVS, Walgreens Stores to Start Dispensing Abortion Pill Mifepristone
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FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March 16, 2022. CVS Health and Walgreens plan to start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone in a few states within weeks, officials for both drugstore chains said this week.
The drugstore chains CVS Health and Walgreens plan to start dispensing an abortion pill in a few states within weeks.
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