NYC comptroller pressures pharmacies to dispense abortion pill, threatening divestment

Published July 17, 2024 11:15am ET



New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is pressuring several major pharmaceutical retailers to dispense the abortion pill mifepristone or run the risk of divestment from the New York City pension fund.

“By failing to become certified mifepristone dispensers, these pharmacy giants put both women’s reproductive healthcare and investors’ money at risk,” Lander said in a press statement on Tuesday.

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