Walgreens says it will sell the abortion pill, a day after the FDA changed its rules to allow retail pharmacies to fill prescriptions for the controversial drug
The chain says it will sell the abortion pill mifepristone in certain stores, a day after the FDA changed its rules to allow retail pharmacies to fill prescriptions
Mifepristone tablet packages—a drug that blocks a hormone needed for pregnancy and is FDA-approved for use up to 10 weeks in pregnancy.Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. is the first major national pharmacy chain to say it plans to dispense the abortion pill underThe new rules, issued Tuesday, allow any pharmacy to become certified to dispense mifepristone, the
a hormone needed for pregnancy and is FDA-approved for use up to 10 weeks in pregnancy. Until the changes, the agency had allowed only a handful of mail-order pharmacies and certified doctors to hand out the drug.
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