FDA Now Allows Retail Pharmacies to Dispense Abortion Pills
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will now allow retail pharmacies to dispense abortion pills to people with prescriptions.Before this recent decision, only specially certified clinics or healthcare providers or mail-order pharmacies could dispense mifepristone, a drug used along with the medication misoprostol to end pregnancies. But under new rules posted on the FDA website, mifepristone can now be dispensed by healthcare providers who prescribe the drug or by retail or mail-order pharmacies.“Being able to access your prescribed medication abortion through the mail or to pick it up in person from a pharmacy like any other prescription is a game changer for people trying to access basic healthcare,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, the president and chief executive officer of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, in a statement.FDA Ruling Will…