Massachusetts governor: Pharmacies must stock abortion pills

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: AP

BOSTON (AP) — The governor of Massachusetts reminded pharmacies Wednesday that they are required to stock a key abortion pill, despite a nationwide effort by anti-abortion activists to ban the medication.

The action comes as a federal judge in Texas is considering a lawsuit that would overturn decades-old federal approval of the drug.

Democratic Gov. Maura Healey issued a written statement citing guidance from the state board overseeing pharmacies that says they must maintain “a continuous, sufficient supply of all family planning medications, including mifepristone, misoprostol, emergency contraception, and contraceptive prescriptions.”

Misoprostol is also used as an abortion drug.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/massachusetts-governor-pharmacies-must-stock-190939100.html

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[sheshe2]

1. Thank you Governor Healey!

[republianmushroom]

2. I like it

[jstephenj]

3. A great start but...

there needs to be something more at the federal level now that Roe Vs. Wade has been overturned. I live in NY, and while it's a relief that abortion rights is safe in my state, the very idea that access to reproductive care is now determined on the whim of who governs the state makes access in general a tenuous proposition going forward.

[BOSSHOG]

4. Conservatives make a mockery of sanity

Abortion is a health care issue and yet republicans redefine it at the state line. Twisting it into knots depending on the degree of zealotry of the local Catholic Bishop. Sanity has no place in the gop and the Catholic Church should lose its tax exempt status. I’m starting to reside on the soapbox.

[CTyankee]

8. I feel, as you do, that more does need to be done at the federal level.

Here in CT we have a strong pro-choice governor and a strong Democratic state legislature. My grandkids reside in prochoice states. I have one transitioning grandchild who resides now in California but must be limiting her choices in where to go to college and eventually live in.

[niyad]

5. Thank you, Gov. Healey.

[NewEnglandAutumn]

6. This could be a problem

These medications are expensive to keep on the shelf and many pharmacies are on the edge already.
Misoprostol is not a problem cost wise but mifepristone was too much and used so seldom we don't even have it.

It is not a political decision but a practical one. In fact many chain pharmacies are reducing the amount of medication kept on hand and moving to a model where drugs are filled at an off site location and shipped to pharmacies the next day.

[Better Days Ahoy]

7. Why I Live in Massachusetts

Reason #874.