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Senate approves amendment letting DPH pharmacies dispense mifepristone and gender-affirming medications
Summary
The Senate adopted amendment 51 to allow pharmacies operated by the Department of Public Health to distribute mifepristone from the state stockpile and to dispense gender-affirming medications, a measure supporters framed as protecting access amid federal and judicial threats.
Senator Julian Cyr, the senator from Cape and Islands, spoke on amendment 51, which the Clerk read as permitting pharmacies operated by the Department of Public Health to distribute gender-affirming medications and to utilize the state stockpile of mifepristone; the Senate adopted the amendment by voice vote.
Cyr said the amendment aims to safeguard access to essential medications amid what he…
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