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Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says

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Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says​


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Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says (Published 2023)

Mifepristone, the first of two drugs in medication abortions, previously had to be dispensed only by clinics, doctors or a few mail-order pharmacies. Now, if local drugstores or chains like CVS agree to certain rules, they can provide it.
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A victory for women’s health.
 
Forgetting politics for a moment, this is incredibly dangerous.
 
And this is where the American Taliban will face some problems.

The ban they wanted was really in name only, like any other issue facing society, crime is a game of how much resources, time and money are you honestly willing to dedicate to that issue.

We’ll see what their true commitment is to actually starting to prosecute women…
 
Threegoofs said:

Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says​


Unlocked article:

www.nytimes.com

Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says (Published 2023)

Mifepristone, the first of two drugs in medication abortions, previously had to be dispensed only by clinics, doctors or a few mail-order pharmacies. Now, if local drugstores or chains like CVS agree to certain rules, they can provide it.
www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com

A victory for women’s health.
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A much-needed step forward for abortion care.
 
This is very good news. I'm happy to hear this. And my understanding is that since pharmacies can sell their federally-legal pills by mail, this negates a lot of anti-abortion laws. States have no jurisdiction over what out-of-state pharmacies put in the mail, nor over what USPS delivers to Americans.
 
Gatsby said:
This is very good news. I'm happy to hear this. And my understanding is that since pharmacies can sell their federally-legal pills by mail, this negates a lot of anti-abortion laws. States have no jurisdiction over what out-of-state pharmacies put in the mail, nor over what USPS delivers to Americans.
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I'm certain religious extremists will begin looking for ways to employ the power of government at any level to limit/eliminate this freedom.
 
bave said:
Forgetting politics for a moment, this is incredibly dangerous.
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based on what facts?
hasnt canada been doing this since 2017 and they found no increase in abortion related issues?
 
The change comes as abortion pills, already used in more than half of pregnancy terminations in the U.S., are becoming even more sought after in the aftermath of last year’s Supreme Court decision overturning the federal right to abortion. With conservative states banning or sharply restricting abortion, the pills have increasingly become the focus of political and legal battles
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So this is yet another example of the market coming through to override the idiot, immoral state. It's the same old story in a different context. Government makes women worse off by restricting their choices, whereas the market makes women better off by increasing their choices.
 
aociswundumho said:
So this is yet another example of the market coming through to override the idiot, immoral state. It's the same old story in a different context. Government makes women worse off by restricting their choices, whereas the market makes women better off by increasing their choices.
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As someone who believes in the perfection of the free market, you should be celebrating this move. Less government regulation is good, right? ;)
 
Phys251 said:
As someone who believes in the perfection of the free market, you should be celebrating this move.
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Markets are not perfect, they're just much better than the alternative. Last year I started a thread about how the market helps us override the filthy state and I mentioned abortion pills in the post:

There are two ways to secure your rights - the market or the government.

As a person, you have rights, and your rights need to be enforced. But how? One way is to count on the government: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty...
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Phys251 said:
Less government regulation is good, right? ;)
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Yes.
 
aociswundumho said:
Markets are not perfect, they're just much better than the alternative. Last year I started a thread about how the market helps us override the filthy state and I mentioned abortion pills in the post:

There are two ways to secure your rights - the market or the government.

As a person, you have rights, and your rights need to be enforced. But how? One way is to count on the government: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty...
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Yes.
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No, they're perfect! They get everything right! Anything that is profitable is good! Long live the Free Market!
 
Threegoofs said:
Why? It’s an objectively stupid opinion.
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How do you know that? You don't know what their reasoning is. You posted a reactionary trolling reply.
 
Antiwar said:
How do you know that? You don't know what their reasoning is. You posted a reactionary trolling reply.
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Actually it is an objectively stupid opinion.
But let's give bave a chance to respond and leave no doubt about that stupidity.
 
Lycanthrope said:
I'm certain religious extremists will begin looking for ways to employ the power of government at any level to limit/eliminate this freedom.
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Of course they will. In Ohio or Missouri, they wanted to ban pregnant women from leaving the state to get an out of state abortion. To do that, they had to figure out how to find out that women were pregnant and then prevent them from leaving. Oh, that's right. That would be illegal. It isn't stopping their insidious plans.
 
AGENT J said:
based on what facts?
hasnt canada been doing this since 2017 and they found no increase in abortion related issues?
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Even if there were issues, shouldn't it still be up to the woman to take the risk if she chooses to?
 
Threegoofs said:

Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Say​


A victory for women’s health.
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Yes.

And also a victory for the nation.

Hopefully, public schools will also offer these pills free of charge to their students.
 
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