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New York · 2025-2026 General Assembly
S08593Permits licensed pharmacists to prescribe and order certain medications for the purposes of inducing abortion or expelling a miscarriage after the completion of a risk assessment questionnaire and delivering a factsheet to the person to whom the medication is being disbursed.
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Abortionmedication abortionAI label
↑Expands abortion accessmodel confidence 90%
Expands the number of providers who can prescribe medication abortion by allowing licensed pharmacists to do so after a risk assessment and providing a factsheet, increasing access to medication abortion.
A licensed pharmacist acting within their lawful scope of practice may prescribe and order medications approved by the federal food and drug administration for the purposes of inducing abortion or expelling a miscarriage.
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Abortionprovider clinic regulationAI label
=No change to abortion accessmodel confidence 80%
Regulates pharmacists who prescribe abortion medication by requiring a risk assessment questionnaire, a factsheet, training, and allowing refusal for health reasons, adding rules for this provider type.
Prior to dispensing abortion medication, the pharmacist shall: (i) provide a risk assessment questionnaire... and (ii) provide a fact sheet...
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Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands access to medication abortion by authorizing pharmacists to prescribe and dispense it, while adding procedural requirements that are regulatory but do not limit overall access.
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