Pharmacists prescribing abortion pills in Washington state pilot program

Pharmacists prescribing abortion pills, as opposed to only dispensing them with a doctor’s prescription, could be the next frontier in the fight over abortion policy at the state level.

A test program in Washington state, the Pharmacy Abortion Access Project, reported Tuesday that 10 participating pharmacists prescribed abortion pills to 43 patients in the state between Oct. 31 and Nov. 26 in a first-in-the-nation effort that abortion advocates hope will expand across the country.