Last week, the pro-life organization 40 Days for Life sent a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and asked for an investigation into the profits made by abortion provider Planned Parenthood, regarding the sales of RU-486 abortion pills.
"In the aftermath of the Dobbs decision, President [Joe] Biden's [Food and Drug administration] lifted restrictions that prevented patients from obtaining abortion pills from a retail pharmacy," wrote organization President Shawn Carney in a statement.
The Feb. 22 letter continued: "Now, CVS and Walgreens are turning local pharmacies into under-the-radar, drive-through abortion mills, making getting an abortion as easy as purchasing a Snickers bar."
Also, the letter requested the oversight committee investigate Planned Parenthood — which is reportedly funded 45% by taxpayers and other abortion providers — for its profits from dispensing the RU-486 abortion pills.
"In addition to profits, the American people deserve answers into whether the pharmacies are lawfully selling the drugs and how they ensure compliance with the various state and federal regulations," the 40 Days For Life letter continued.
"Specifically: if they are selling to minors, selling to third parties for delivery, selling in states without abortion, or selling across state borders, for instance, from Illinois, where abortion is legal, into Alabama, where abortion is illegal," the letter added.
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling from last June, which reversed the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide, the FDA lifted restrictions on people getting the abortion pills from their local pharmacies in January, as long as the participating pharmacy completed a certification with the pill manufacturer, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
Abortion pills have been available since 2000, when the FDA initially approved the use of mifepristone for early abortion, but required the patient to be given the medication "in a clinical setting," according to the organization.
The institute said that, by 2020, abortion medications accounted for about half of all abortions — up from 39% in 2017.
According to the institute, since the high court's decision, which subsequently sent the abortion issue back to the individual states, some 12 states have a near-total ban on abortions, and 15 states restrict access to medication induced abortions.
"40 Days for Life is confident Planned Parenthood is not simply conceding such a significant source of their income to retail pharmacies," the letter said. "Therefore, we ask that the Oversight Committee investigate if and how Planned Parenthood is profiting from the distribution of RU486 by CVS and Walgreens."
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