Drugstore chains CVS Health and Walgreens plan to start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone in a few states. Walgreens will dispense the drug in California.
The drugstore chains CVS Health and Walgreens plan to start dispensing an abortion pill in a few states within weeks. CVS Health will start filling prescriptions for mifepristone in Rhode Island and neighboring Massachusetts “in the weeks ahead,” spokeswoman Amy Thibault said Friday. Walgreens will begin dispensing the medication within a week, spokesman Fraser Engerman said. The chain will start with some locations in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Illinois.
He noted that many women will soon be able to pick up their prescriptions at a local, certified pharmacy like they would any other medication. “I encourage all pharmacies that want to pursue this option to seek certification,” he said. The moves by CVS and Walgreens come more than a year after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule change that broadened availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies.
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