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This summer, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander sent letters<\/a> to retail pharmacy chains like Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Albertsons, and McKesson, insisting that they \u201c[p]rovide abortion medication or risk losing investor confidence,\u201d and must \u201cstart dispensing mifepristone without delay.\u201d The contents of these letters were posted on Lander’s website, and now, comptrollers from 15 states have weighed in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Comptroller\u2019s actions are clear attempts to politicize Costco\u2019s business without regard for the company\u2019s financial wellbeing,\u201d the coalition of 15 finance officers wrote in a letter sent Monday to Costco CEO Ron Vachris. \u201cThis radical position ignores all of the business decisions that go into whether to sell a particular product \u2014 decisions that should be made by Costco\u2019s leadership based on how it will serve their customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

They further added that consumer demand is not driving Lander’s threats to dispense abortion pills, but a pro-abortion agenda is. “We find these actions to be inappropriate,” the letter continued. “They are an attempt to launder political views through the commercial marketplace with little regard for the companies or their shareholders.”<\/p>\n

READ: 5 reasons to believe abortion pill pharmacy protests aren\u2019t just affecting CVS and Walgreens<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Financial officers from Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Indiana, Wyoming, and Texas signed the letter.<\/p>\n

According to the press release<\/a> published on Lander’s website, Lander threatened the companies by insinuating they would lose investments if they refuse to dispense abortion pills. “In letters to their CEOs sent\u202fyesterday, Comptroller Lander warns the companies risk investor confidence if they do not provide timely and accessible reproductive healthcare,” the press release said. “New York City\u2019s pension systems own over $1.32 billion in total shares of the companies.”<\/p>\n

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced<\/a> that current REMS safety regulations would be changed, and retail pharmacies would be allowed to dispense the abortion drug mifepristone (Mifeprex) after completing a certification process. Lander, meanwhile, has a long history of pro-abortion advocacy, and his wife worked for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain, in various roles ranging from Vice President of Strategic Initiatives to Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel, for nine years.<\/p>\n

Urge Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major chains to resist pressure to dispense the abortion pill<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This summer, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander sent letters to retail pharmacy chains like Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Albertsons, and McKesson, insisting that they \u201c[p]rovide abortion medication or risk losing investor confidence,\u201d and must \u201cstart dispensing mifepristone without delay.\u201d The contents of these letters were posted on Lander’s website, and now, comptrollers from 15 states […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":248604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3473,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n15 states respond to NYC comptroller's threats to retail pharmacies over abortion pills<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Financial officers from AK, ID, KS, LA, MS, NE, NV, OH, OK, SC, SD, UT, IN, WY, and TX signed the letter to Costco's CEO.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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