HB1702 Relative to notice requirements and enforcement for pharmacies dispensing medications intended to induce chemical abortions.
Relative to notice requirements and enforcement for pharmacies dispensing medications intended to induce chemical abortions.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Harmful
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Additional pharmacy requirements would increase costs for providing legal medication, potentially passing costs to patients.
Your Community
Singling out one legal medication for special restrictions stigmatizes patients and could reduce access to legal healthcare.
Your Freedom
Imposes targeted burdens on access to legal medication, restricting reproductive healthcare access and pharmacy operations.
Status
Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate 02/13/2026 (Vote 17-0; Regular Calendar) House Calendar 10 P. 102
Sponsor
Samuel Farrington (R)
The Short Version
Would impose special notice requirements and enforcement rules on pharmacies dispensing abortion medications. The committee unanimously (17-0) voted inexpedient to legislate, recognizing this would create burdensome, medically unnecessary restrictions on legal medication.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Anti-abortion advocates seeking additional regulation of abortion medications
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Women seeking legal abortion medication
- ▼ Pharmacies facing special compliance burdens
- ▼ Healthcare providers managing additional requirements
Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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