Supreme Court preserves access to abortion medication mifepristone

Two of the nation's largest pharmacy chains will soon carry abortion pills, and while abortion advocates said the move is significant, the impact of the expanded access could be limited and short-lived.

Walgreens said it will begin dispensing mifepristone in a phased rollout, starting with New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, California and Illinois and aims to expand "to locations in all legally permissible states." CVS plans to begin dispensing the medication in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and then expand to other states where abortion is legal on a rolling basis.

Kentuckians will likely not see the medication in local CVS stores anytime soon as, under current law, an abortion is only allowed in the state to save the life of a patient or prevent disabling injury. It contains no exceptions for victims of rape or incest. The law does not permit abortion in cases where a fetus is severely malformed and unlikely to survive.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Read More