Life Lines #20 (8/15/25)

Costco halts mifepristone sales, Massachusetts expands abortion pill protections, and other crucial updates from across the U.S.

Release date: August 15, 2025

Costco ends mifepristone sales amid rising pro-life campaigns

Costco Wholesale announced it will discontinue sales of the abortion pill Mifepristone at all more than 500 of its U.S. pharmacy locations, citing low demand.

Gov. Healey signs law letting MA abortionists send abortion pills to pro-life states

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has signed legislation expanding the state’s 2022 “shield law,” enabling abortion providers to prescribe and ship abortion pills, including mifepristone, into states where the procedure is restricted or banned.

The fight for life in Massachusetts is far from over

Victories for life are being won across the nation, but in Massachusetts, the pro-abortion lobby is expanding access and even sending abortion pills to pro-life states while shielding abortionists’ identities.

Virginia governor orders criminal probe into school’s secret abortions for minors

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has directed the State Police to launch a criminal investigation into allegations that staff at Centreville High School arranged abortions for two underage students without notifying their parents, and used public funds to pay for them.

Court allows Pennsylvania and New Jersey to push abortion mandate on Catholic nuns

A federal district court in Philadelphia has sided with Pennsylvania and New Jersey in their ongoing effort to require the Little Sisters of the Poor (a Catholic order serving the elderly poor) to include abortion-causing drugs and contraceptives in their employee health plan or face massive fines.