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Activists hail the move as ‘a step in the right direction’

Regulatory change to expand abortion access comes after more than a dozen states banned abortion.

Washington (AFP) - Retail pharmacies in the United States will be permitted to sell abortion pills, health officials said Tuesday, a move that could significantly expand access to the procedure after last year's landmark Supreme Court ruling that overturned federal abortion rights. 

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies.

The move replaces a long-standing requirement that they pick up the medicine in person – although its impact has been blunted by numerous state laws limiting abortion broadly and the pills specifically

Certified pharmacies can now dispense abortion pills.

Eli Lilly is the IBD Stock Of The Day as the company explores new methods of treating Alzheimer's and obesity, driving LLY stock near highs.

For more than a month, Shane Anthony, a 57-year-old auto mechanic, hasn’t been able to get his diabetes medication.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the first time since 2015, Missouri has returned to executing multiple people on death row per year — two in 2022 and two scheduled so far for 2023 — but details about the process remain shrouded in secrecy.

ATLANTA -- Ira Katz bustles at his pharmacy in Atlanta's Little Five Points neighborhood this cough season, serving patients who need medicine for respiratory viruses like COVID-19. He dispenses occasional packages of Paxlovid, a drug designed to nip COVID in the bud. But there aren’t as many of those Paxlovid…

U.S. health officials’ approval process for Biogen Inc.’s controversial Alzheimer’s drug was “rife with irregularities,” raising serious concerns about protocol lapses at the agency, congressional investigators said.