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Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Pharmacies

The F.D.A. has made a regulatory change to allow abortion pills to be offered at pharmacies, possibly increasing access. Before the FDA change, the abortion pill could only be dispensed through specific mail-order pharmacies or in-person visits to specially certified doctors and clinics.

January 5, 2023 · 1 min · 49 words · Frank Collins

In a win for reproductive rights, the change could expand access to abortion ina post-Roe America.

Abortion pills can be used to induce abortionwithin the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, according to the FDA.

(Misoprostol was already more readily available via prescription.)

WASHINGTON DC DECEMBER 01 Lila Bonow Alana Edmondson and Aiyana Knauer prepare to take abortion pill while…

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This story originally appeared onteenvogue.com.