BREAKING: The FDA has loosened rules on access to the abortion pill mifepristone, used to end early pregnancies, allowing pharmacies to dispense the drug.
January 3, 2023, 6:35 PMMifepristone and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic in Santa Teresa, N.M.The abortion drug mifepristone is safe enough that retail pharmacies can provide the drug so long as a certified health care provider prescribes it and if that pharmacy meets certain requirements, according to new rules published Tuesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
"Despite the FDA's expert judgment, some states have restricted access to medical abortion care, so unfortunately today's announcement will not provide equal access to all people," Masingill said. "GenBioPro looks forward to working with prescribers and pharmacies to increase access to medical abortion care for all people."
Kirsten Moore, director of the Expanding Medication Abortion Access Project, said it's not clear how quickly Americans might see an impact or how sweeping those changes might be. Pharmacies would have to raise their hand to become certified to fill prescriptions for the drug, and even then some pharmacists might refuse to dispense the pill personally because of religious objections.
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