HHS issued guidance to retail pharmacies about their legal duty to fill prescriptions for drugs that can end or prevent pregnancy.

HHS Warns Pharmacies Not to Turn Away Women Requesting Abortion Medication

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to retail pharmacies yesterday about their “unique role … in ensuring access to comprehensive reproductive health care services”—including filling prescriptions for drugs that can end or prevent pregnancy.

Mifepristone and misoprostol, which are taken together in a regimen to end pregnancy, are 340B covered outpatient drugs. So are prescribed contraceptives in general. Title X family planning clinics are one of the 16 categories of providers eligible to participate in 340B.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued guidance to retail pharmacies yesterday about their “unique role … in ensuring access to comprehensive reproductive health care services”—including filling prescriptions for drugs that can end or prevent pregnancy.

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