CVS denies that it has a 'strategic partnership' with Planned Parenthood

After a Planned Parenthood affiliate claimed it had a "strategic partnership" with CVS, the retail pharmacy denied knowledge of such a partnership.

Key Takeaways:

• Planned Parenthood of Greater New York's (PPGNY) annual report initially claimed it had a "strategic partnership" with CVS.

• CVS denied having any relationship with Planned Parenthood.

• The annual report has since been edited to remove the supposed partnership with CVS.

The Details:

According to Fox News, PPGNY's most recent annual report originally boasted of a partnership with CVS, the largest retail pharmacy chain in the United States. As recently as April 23, 2026, the report read:

Through our strategic partnership with CVS, patients can now pick up the abortion pill from their local pharmacies, allowing them to experience abortion care, with the supportive guidance of our expert clinicians, in the comfort of their homes.

Fox News stated that the annual report was updated by April 24, and the information about the so-called partnership with CVS was removed.

CVS responded by claiming it is "unaware" of any such partnership with Planned Parenthood.

"The team that manages our reproductive health program is unaware of anything related to that organization beyond standard abortifacient dispensing for individuals with prescriptions," a CVS spokesperson told Fox News Digital, adding it "do[es] not have a formal partnership with Planned Parenthood of Greater New York beyond filling prescriptions."

The Big Picture:

Shawn Carney, the president of 40 Days for Life, said questions remain. "CVS is for sure downplaying their role," he claimed. "They say they’re just distributing abortion pills — that’s exactly what Planned Parenthood wants them to do."

As Carney said, CVS may not have a specific partnership with Planned Parenthood. But the pharmacy chain does dispense abortion pills.

In January of 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began allowing retail pharmacies to dispense the abortion pill regimen (mifepristone 200mg, plus misoprostol). By March of 2024, CVS and Walgreens both announced that they had begun dispensing mifepristone; conversely, in 2025, Costco announced it had no plans to dispense abortion pills.

After several years, the effects of these changes have become clear: CVS and other retail pharmacies are dispensing a very small minority of abortion pills, with the overwhelming majority dispensed through mail-order pharmacy; however, the results are vastly different in states where telehealth abortions are not permitted.

A recent JAMA study found that just 2% of abortion pill prescriptions were filled by brick-and-mortar retail pharmacies where telehealth abortions are allowed, with 97% filled by mail-order pharmacies. However, in states where telehealth abortions are not allowed, approximately 61% of abortion pill prescriptions were filled at in-store pharmacies, like CVS.

The Bottom Line:

Even if CVS is not specifically partnering with Planned Parenthood, it has still made itself a partner of the abortion industry. By dispensing abortion pills, it is playing a direct role in the deaths of countless preborn children across the country.