A prescription will be required to buy the pills
U.S. pharmacies will now be allowed to sell abortion pills, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday, a move that will greatly expand women’s access to abortion as more and more states try to restrict the right. this.
A prescription will be required to buy the pills. Until now these pills were only available at a few online pharmacies or women could get them from doctors or clinics.
Demand for the abortion pill has surged in the US since the Supreme Court in June overturned the historic Roe v. Wade ruling that protected women’s right to abortion for half a century.
Abortion pills are already used in more than half of abortions in the US, according to experts. Moreover, they are increasingly at the center of the political and legal controversy over the right to abortion.
The FDA’s decision was welcomed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
“We are pleased that the FDA has expanded pharmacy access to this safe and effective drug,” said Julia Kay, staff attorney at the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the anti-abortion organization Susan B. Anthony List, for her part criticized the decision.
“The Biden administration has demonstrated once again that it is putting the profits of the abortion industry ahead of the safety of women and the lives of unborn children,” he complained.
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