The FDA Will Now Allow You To Buy Abortion Pills At Normal Pharmacies

Thanks to a Food and Drug Administration position reversal, patients will soon be able to access abortion pills without having to go through a lengthy process.

Two weeks before the end of the first trimester of a pregnant woman's uterus is when the FDA says Mifeprex can be used to end a baby's life. Patients seeking Mifepristone used to have to get a prescription and then wait for it to be shipped from a few mail-order pharmacies or doctors allowed to sell them.

Pharmacy can sell the pills if they sign up with the FDA and follow its guidelines.

Patients will be able to get the pills without a prescription. The drug was used in half of the legal abortions in the US before the reversal of the Wade decision.

After the FDA updated its abortion pill rules, the United States Postal Service affirmed that it would continue to allow Mifeprex and Mifepristone to be sent through the mail.

In spite of being neighbored by states where abortion is legal, abortion demand has risen dramatically in the Golden State, with clinics seeing up to fourfold increases in patients.

In its statement, the FDA warned against purchasing Mifepristone online, as well as cautioning against purchasing it in person.

The FDA does not recommend buying it online or personally transporting it. If a person does that, they would be circumventing safeguards designed to protect their health.

The REMS program, a set of requirements and considerations issued by the agency that doctors are advised to use, is mentioned in the FDA statement. The program is supposed to ensure the safety and efficacy of the medication, but some experts think it's unnecessary.

It's time to end the non-evidence-based REMS which makes it difficult for many providers to prescribe abortion pills.

Renee Bracey Sherman, a reproductive rights journalist and advocate, said that they look forward to the FDA ending their useless REMS restrictions and making abortion pills available in as many ways as possible.

The FDA ruling offers at least a bit of progress on the federal level with the post-Roe landscape looking so grim in many states.

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