{"id":553,"date":"2024-03-02T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/02\/cvs-walgreens-say-theyll-start-dispensing-abortion-pill-mifepristone\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T12:00:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T12:00:37","slug":"cvs-walgreens-say-theyll-start-dispensing-abortion-pill-mifepristone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/02\/cvs-walgreens-say-theyll-start-dispensing-abortion-pill-mifepristone\/","title":{"rendered":"CVS, Walgreens say they\u2019ll start dispensing abortion pill mifepristone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CVS and Walgreens said they\u2019ve received certification to dispense mifepristone, a pill that\u2019s part of a regimen for medication abortion, and will start making the medicine available in a limited number of states where it\u2019s legal. <\/p>\n

Both pharmacy chains noted they already dispense misoprostol, the other medication involved in medication abortion regimens. <\/p>\n

Medication abortion is the most common method of abortion in the United States, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It\u2019s approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use up to 10 weeks into pregnancy. <\/p>\n

Mifepristone has been at the center of legal challenges in the US, and the Supreme Court said in December it would consider whether to restrict access to it, with a decision expected by July. <\/p>\n

The New York Times first reported Friday CVS and Walgreens plan to sell mifepristone. <\/p>\n

The FDA issued an update to guidelines around how mifepristone may be dispensed in January 2023, allowing the drug to be provided by \u201ccertified pharmacies on a prescription issued by a certified prescriber.\u201d <\/p>\n

Before then, the FDA required certified prescribers to dispense the drug directly to patients at a clinic, medical office or hospital, referred to as the \u201cin-person dispensing requirement.\u201d The drug was also available through mail-order pharmacies as the agency said it wouldn\u2019t enforce the in-person requirement during the pandemic. <\/p>\n

President Joe Biden called the news \u201can important milestone in ensuring access to mifepristone, a drug that has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration as safe and effective for more than 20 years.\u201d <\/p>\n

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      \u201cWith major retail pharmacy chains newly certified to dispense medication abortion, many women will soon have the option to pick up their prescription at a local, certified pharmacy\u2014just as they would for any other medication,\u201d the president wrote in a statement Friday. \u201cI encourage all pharmacies that want to pursue this option to seek certification.\u201d <\/p>\n

      Biden also warned that the stakes \u201ccould not be higher for women across America,\u201d and vowed that \u201cin the face of relentless attacks on reproductive freedom by Republican elected officials\u201d his administration would work to restore the protections of Roe v Wade. <\/p>\n

      The Biden campaign has sought to make abortion and contraception access a main platform of the 2024 campaign, deploying Vice President Kamala Harris on a reproductive freedoms tour across the country. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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      CVS and Walgreens said they\u2019ve received certification to dispense mifepristone, a pill that\u2019s part of a regimen for medication abortion, and will start making the medicine available in a limited number of states where it\u2019s legal. Both pharmacy chains noted they already dispense misoprostol, the other medication involved in medication abortion regimens. Medication abortion is …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"loftocean_post_primary_category":0,"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":556,"tinysalt_single_post_intro_label":"","tinysalt_single_post_intro_description":"","tinysalt_hide_post_featured_image":"","tinysalt_post_featured_media_position":"","tinysalt_single_site_header_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header":"0","tinysalt_single_custom_sticky_site_header_style":"sticky-scroll-up","tinysalt_single_site_footer_source":"","tinysalt_single_custom_site_footer":"0","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retirednurseblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}