Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't a pharmacists license in most if not all states grant the power to prescribe already? I know it isn't often exercised but I believe that to be true as they can rewrite/alter prescriptions written by a MD to substitute comparable drugs...
I think the prescription change they were talking about was the ability to simply prescribe this pill in an almost OTC fashion. Women would not have needed a doctor's prescription.
only if given permission. The prescription can be written as DAW (dispense as written) or as substitutions permitted.
If permission is given to substitute, it can only be for a generic or different brand of the same med.