Politico January 3, 2023
Pregnant people would be able to fill prescriptions for the drug at pharmacies.
The policy, once implemented, will allow chain and independent pharmacies to stock and dispense mifepristone to pregnant people with a prescription. | Allen G. Breed/AP Photo
The FDA on Tuesday updated a rule allowing brick-and-mortar pharmacies to dispense the abortion pill mifepristone — expanding access to the drug amid a wave of state efforts last year to impose restrictions.
Pharmacies in more than a dozen states that have near-total abortion bans would not be able to participate and those in states without bans would have to go through a...