A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt to expand abortion access.

	

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Washington project trains pharmacists to prescribe abortion pills directly to patients

A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt to expand abortion access.


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Abortion Group Trains Pharmacists to Dispense Abortion Pills

null / Credit: GBJSTOCK|Shutterstock  CNA Staff, Jan 9, 2025 / 14:30 pm (CNA). Pro-life groups are criticizing a burgeoning effort to expand use of the abortion pill through pharmacist prescriptions, slamming what one advocate called an effort at “chipping away at medical standards for women.”A pilot program launched this month in Washington state has trained pharmacists to prescribe the abortion-drug combo mifepristone and misoprostol to women …

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Abortion group trains pharmacists to dispense abortion pills

Washington state law has recognized pharmacists as health care providers since 1979, allowing them to prescribe many medications approved by the FDA. (Photo by Wichayada Suwanachun/Getty Images)A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt to expand abortion access. Abortion is broadly legal in Washington state …

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Washington state law has recognized pharmacists as health care providers since 1979, allowing them to prescribe many medications approved by the FDA. (Wichayada Suwanachun/Getty Images)A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt to expand abortion access. Abortion is broadly legal in Washington state up to the…

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Pharmacists have begun prescribing abortion pills, not simply dispensing the medication — a development intended to broaden abortion access by taking advantage of rules that give them prescribing ability in most states. The new effort is small so far — a pilot program in Washington State — but the idea is expected to be tried... The post Abortion Pills Prescribed by Pharmacists Are Newest Effort in Abortion Fight appeared first on STAY INFORMED,…

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Pharmacists have begun prescribing abortion pills, not simply dispensing the medication, a development aimed at expanding access to abortion by taking advantage of the rules that give them prescription capacity in most states. The new effort is small so far, a pilot program in Washington State, but it is expected that the idea will be tested in other states where abortion remains legal. "I think it will expand, and it is expanding," said Michael…

Los farmacéuticos han comenzado a recetar píldoras abortivas, no simplemente a dispensar el medicamento, un desarrollo destinado a ampliar el acceso al aborto aprovechando las reglas que les dan capacidad de prescripción en la mayoría de los estados. El nuevo esfuerzo es pequeño hasta ahora, un programa piloto en el estado de Washington, pero se espera que la idea se pruebe en otros estados donde el aborto sigue siendo legal. "Creo que se va a e…

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Abortion Pills, the most recent effort in the fight against abortion

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Pro-life groups are criticizing a burgeoning effort to expand use of the abortion pill through pharmacist prescriptions, slamming what one advocate called a...

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(New York Times) – Pharmacists have begun prescribing abortion pills, not simply dispensing the medication — a development intended to broaden abortion access by taking advantage of rules that give them prescribing ability in most states. The new effort is small so far — a pilot program in Washington State — but the idea is expected to be tried in other states where abortion remains legal. (Read More)

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