Republican Attorney General Treg Taylor signed letters telling drugstore companies not to dispense abortion medications in the state, despite the fact that abortions are legal in Alaska.
, which blocks a hormone necessary for pregnancy development, is prescribed up to 13 weeks into a pregnancy. Misoprostol, the second pill, is already available at retail pharmacies.Rose O’Hara-Jolley, director with Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates of Alaska, on Friday called Taylor’s actions “a major concern” and “a complete and total abuse of power.”
In Alaska, advocates said earlier this year that the regulatory shift has the potential to expand abortion access across the state, especially in rural communities.
Access to dispensing the drug is not automatic; each individual pharmacy or chain is required to review and agree to an updated Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies agreement that lays out how to safely prescribe and dispense a medication. But Alaska Department of Law spokeswoman Patty Sullivan said in an email on Friday that “Alaska law requires that only licensed physicians may perform abortions” and that existing statute “prohibit pharmacy sales of abortion drugs directly to patients.” Sullivan did not provide clarification when asked about the apparent contradiction between that law and the regulation cited by Robb.
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