FDA rejects petitions on use of abortion pill mifepristone
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Retail pharmacies can now sell abortion pills under new FDA modifications.
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By Katherine Dillinger and Evan Perez, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is allowing certified pharmacies to dispense the abortion medication mifepristone to people who have a prescription. Mifepristone can be used along with another medication, misoprostol, to end a pregnancy.
Retail pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens can now dispense abortion pills—with a doctor’s prescription—though it still remains unclear if, or when, they will.
The abortion pill Mifepristone, which has only been available in person in certain clinics, could become accessible at local drugstores and retail pharmacy chains, as well as via telehealth.
Mifepristone has become a central flashpoint in the political battle over abortion at the state level in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
In an effort to expand access, new FDA rules permit drugstores to offer mifepristone to people who have received a prescription from a certified health care provider
National pharmacy chain giants Walgreens Boot Alliance Inc and CVS Health Corp have said they plan to offer mifepristone in states where it is allowed. Other national and regional chains aren't sure.
