USA allows sale of abortion pills in pharmacies

A prescription will be required to obtain the pills, which were previously only available at some pharmacies through mail order or from certified doctors and clinics.

The demand for abortion pills has increased since the conservative-dominated Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling last June that overturned the “Roe v. Wade precedent” in 1973, which guaranteed women’s right to abortion for half a century.

As abortion pills They are already used in more than half of American procedures to terminate a pregnancy, experts say, and have increasingly become the focus of the political and legal battle over abortion rights since the controversial Supreme Court decision.

Pharmacies will need certification to store the medicine, while patients will need to fill out a consent form.

(To AFP)

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