US agency allows sale of abortifacients in pharmacies

the US body Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow abortion pills to be sold in pharmacies for the first time in the country's history. The FDA expressed its opinion on the decision this Tuesday, January 3, even as more American states are looking for alternatives to ban medical abortion.

The change in regulation could expand access to abortion at a time when the administration of the government of Joe Biden is in a struggle to protect abortion rights, which have been greatly impacted by a recent US Supreme Court decision.

The FDA started this dialogue back in December 2021, when it announced that it would relax what is known as REMS (risk evaluation and mitigation strategies, or risk assessment and mitigation strategies, in free translation) in relation to the mifepristone tablet, which was approved by the agency in the 2000s, being temporarily suspended in 2021 due to complications from the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19.

Now, as announced by the agency, pharmacies can apply for a certificate to distribute the pill with one of the two pharmaceutical companies that produce it. If the process is successful, the pharmacy will be able to deliver the medicine directly to customers who have a valid prescription for its use.

Among the proposed changes is the permanent removal of restrictions on mail order purchases, as well as prescriptions over the telephone.

The measures were very well received by abortion and planned motherhood activists, who claim that the medicine has been known for a long time, with a history of being safe and effective, with no risk of addiction or overdose.

In some countries, this same medication can be purchased directly from pharmacies without even having to present a prescription. Among them countries are the Mexico and India.

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