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The state sent an email to all state medical providers about abortion medication and the criminal penalties surrounding it.

In the wake of an FDA decision that allows pharmacies to stock the medication, the Florida agency warned providers that “criminal penalties” could result over violations.

Changes by the FDA mean patients won't have to schedule in-person exams to get a prescription. That opens the door for more pharmacies to provide the medication. But not everyone will have access.

The FDA finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies.

Abortion pills and other services are legal in Florida despite the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. But state law makes it harder to access them than in some other states.

The Guttmacher Institute report says pills accounted for 54% of all U.S. abortions in 2020. That's up from roughly 40% in 2019.

At issue were FDA regulations that required women seeking medication abortion to pick up the prescribed pills in person at a clinic. Doctors had cited the risk of exposing patients to the coronavirus.

The suit, being filed Tuesday challenges a longstanding regulation allowing the abortion pill to be dispensed only at a medical facility under the care of a certified provider.

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