A California bill that authorizes doctors to prescribe the abortion drug mifepristone through virtual appointments and mail the pills out of state passed the Legislature on Sept. 10 and is now on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for final approval.
Assembly Bill 260 protects health care providers, pharmacists, clinics, and hospitals from penalties for prescribing or dispensing mifepristone and allows a pharmacist to dispense abortion drugs without the name of the patient or prescriber or the name and address of the pharmacy on the label.