Walgreens and CVS have officially received FDA certification to fulfill prescriptions for mifepristone, the first of two drugs needed for a medication abortion. Currently, the use of abortion pills accounts for more than half of all abortions in the United States.
“We’re working with manufacturers and suppliers to secure the medication and are not yet dispensing it in any of our pharmacies,” a CVS spokesperson tells SELF via email. CVS plans to start filling mifepristone prescriptions in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in “the weeks ahead,” and will then expand to additional states, where it’s allowed by law, on a “rolling basis.
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