(The Hill) -- Anti-abortion groups celebrated warehouse club Costco’s decision not to dispense abortion medication at its pharmacies, but they face an uphill battle in the wider fight to restrict the drug.

“There’s no question this is a win for Costco shareholders,” Michael Ross, legal counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), told The Hill. “Retail pharmacies have little to gain and much to lose by turning themselves into abortion dispensaries.”

In 2024, ADF, along with other anti-abortion groups, sent letters to Costco, Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons and McKesson urging them to “resist politicized calls” to start dispensing mifepristone.

Most pharmacy chains have been unconvinced by the plea.

CVS and Walgreens, two of the country’s largest brick-and-mortar pharmacies, have continued

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