Healthcare Access Laws by State

Plan B Laws by State 2025

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Plan B Legality

Legal
  • Plan B One-Step is an over-the-counter (OTC) emergency contraceptive, also known as a “morning after pill”, which prevents a pregnancy from occurring.
  • Several other emergency contraceptives (ECs) exist, but require a prescription because they have a non-OTC classification.
  • Non-OTC emergency contraceptives are regulated in many states, as shown in the table below.
  • ECs should not be confused with medications used to induce a medical abortion, such as mifepristone and misoprostol, which end a pregnancy.
  • While ECs are legal in all 50 states, medical abortion drugs have been outlawed in an increasing number of states since the Supreme Court’s 2022 overturning of Roe vs Wade.
  • In some states pharmacies and/or pharmacists are given specific permission to refuse to fill prescriptions for non-OTC ECs. Other states grant broad permissions to refuse that may apply to pharmacists and pharmacies, but do not specifically name them.