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Retail pharmacies, such as CVS, can now become certified to fill mifepristone - the first pill in the two-step medication abortion process. Roughly half of abortions are completed using this process.
(WASHINGTON) -- The abortion drug mifepristone is safe enough that retail pharmacies can provide the drug so long as a certified health care provider prescribes
Pregnant people would be able to fill prescriptions for the drug at pharmacies.
The FDA is relaxing the rules on the abortion pill mifepristone, saying pharmacies can now fill prescriptions for the drug so long as they become certified to do so.
The Food and Drug Administration will allow retail pharmacies to dispense abortion medication to women who have a prescription for the first time.