The Pharmacy Access Act, signed into law last week, allows pharmacies to give out certain types of hormonal birth control even if a customer doesn’t have a prescription.
Supporters of a bill to allow women in South Carolina to get birth control pills at a pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription are trying to get it passed before this year’s session ends. A House subcommittee approved the bill, sending it to the medical committee.
Thursday, state lawmakers discussed a bill that could impact women’s access to birth control. The Senate Medical Affairs Committee discussed the measure that would allow pharmacists to dispense birth control to women without a direct prescription from a medical provider.
