Abortion Pill Access to Ease With First FDA-Certified Pharmacy

A California-based online pharmacy is the first officially certified to dispense medication abortion under new requirements unveiled Tuesday.

The FDA approved a new pharmacy certification plan developed by Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro, the brand-name and generic manufacturers of the abortion pill mifepristone, the two companies announced.

Honeybee Health—which in 2020 became the first mail-order pharmacy to ship mifepristone after the agency relaxed some restrictions during the pandemic—can now dispense the drug permanently under a revised safety program.

The certification requirements provide an outline for pharmacies to help ensure continued access to the drug to patients across the country seeking to ...