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| FDA to permit some retail pharmacies to dispense abortion pills |
| 2023-01-04 |
| [FoxNews] More than half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to retail pharmacies across the U.S. The change comes as abortion pills, already used in more than half of pregnancy terminations in the US, are becoming even more sought after in the aftermath of last year’s Supreme Court decision overturn Roe vs. Wade. Last year, the Biden administration partially implemented the change with the president announcing that pharmacies would no longer enforcement the requirement that women must pick up the medicine in person. The FDA's action formally updates the drug's labeling to allow the vast majority of retail pharmacies to distribute the pills. Until now, mifepristone, the first pill used in the two-part medicated abortion process, could be dispensed only by some mail-order pharmacies or by specially certified doctors or clinics. Under the new FDA rule, pharmacies – like Walgreens and CVS – can apply for a certification to distribute mifepristone with the drugmakers and if granted the certification, the pharmacy will be able to dispense the pill directly to patients upon receiving a prescription from a certified prescriber. While the FDA did not issue an announcement about the decision, the two makers of the pill, Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, released statements saying the agency had informed them of the action. "Pharmacies who become certified in the Mifepristone REMS Program may dispense Mifeprex directly to patients upon receipt of a prescription from a certified Mifeprex prescriber, provided a Prescriber agreement is provided or on file with the certified pharmacy," Danco Laboratories said in an online statement. In 2000, the FDA approved mifepristone to terminate pregnancies of up to 10 weeks, when used with a second drug, misoprostol. Mifepristone is taken first to dilate the cervix and block the hormone progesterone, which is needed to sustain a pregnancy. Misoprostol is taken 24 to 48 hours later, causing the uterus to contract and expel the fetus. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #5 Remember the Unborn! |
| Posted by: Zorba Thomolet7234 2023-01-04 13:44 |
| #4 Coming soon to a high density, low income, blue neighborhood near you! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-04 13:17 |
| #3 I don't think a person who does not hate the entire human race reflexively can actually grasp the frisson abortion gives to those who do. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-04 12:34 |
| #2 Population reduction technique that, doesn't shoot back. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-01-04 12:34 |
| #1 Why this obsession with killing babies? I just don't get it. |
| Posted by: Tom 2023-01-04 12:33 |