Walgreens, CVS to start dispensing abortion pill mifepristone Boston 25 News [Video]

CVS and Walgreens said they’ve received certification to dispense mifepristone, one of the two pills used for a medication abortion, paving the way for them to begin dispensing the drug as early as this month.

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The chains plan to make the medication available in stores in a handful of states at first, according to The New York Times. They will not be providing the medication by mail.

Both pharmacies said they would expand access to the drug to all other states where abortion was legal and where pharmacies were legally able to dispense abortion pills, the Times reported.

To obtain certification, the pharmacy chains had to take specific steps. The certification is granted by manufacturers of mifepristone, CBS News reported.

CVS officials told CNN that it’ll begin filling prescriptions for mifepristone in Massachusetts and Rhode Island “in the weeks ahead” and that it plans to expand to more states “where allowed by law, on a rolling basis.”

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