Major drug stores start selling abortion pill some say is 'dangerous' for women ahead of landmark SCOTUS case

The two largest pharmaceutical chains in the U.S. will begin selling the abortion pill mifepristone this month, just weeks before the Supreme Court will hear arguments on the drug's approval, which the Biden administration defends.

CVS and Walgreens completed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) certification process to dispense mifepristone, the companies separately confirmed to Fox News Digital. The pill will not be sent through the mail, and the companies will follow the FDA's guidelines issued last year — the same guidelines that will be challenged in the high court on March 26.

Walgreens on Friday told Fox News Digital that it "expects to begin dispensing within a week" across select pharmacies in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California and Illinois.

CVS told Fox News Digital that it will begin filling prescriptions for the pill in Massachusetts and Rhode Island "in the weeks ahead" and will expand to more states "where allowed by law, on a rolling basis."

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Pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA) called the rollout "shameful" in a statement to Fox News Digital.

"As two of the world’s largest, most trusted ‘health’ brands, the decision by CVS and Walgreens to sell dangerous abortion drugs is shameful, and the harm to unborn babies and their mothers incalculable," SBA state policy director Katie Daniel said.

"Even when used under the strongest safeguards, abortion drugs send roughly one in 25 women to the emergency room, according to the FDA’s own label," Daniel said. "Yet under Democrat presidents, the FDA has illegally rolled back basic safety standards, like in-person doctor visits, even allowing these deadly