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ABC News reports:
Women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor’s office or clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday in the latest reversal in an ongoing legal battle over the medication.
The Food and Drug Administration announced the policy change a day earlier in a letter to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, one of several medical groups that has sued over the restriction put in place under the Trump administration.
The change clears the way for women to get a prescription for the pill — mifepristone — via telemedicine and receive it through the mail. However, abortion opponents are pushing legislation in several Republican-led states that would head off easier access.
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Women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor’s office or clinic during the Covid-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday in the latest reversal in an ongoing legal battle over the medication. https://t.co/A9l5LNYb0i
— Courthouse News (@CourthouseNews) April 13, 2021
The FDA just made medication abortion more accessible—for now. Getting rid of the in-person dispensing requirement for medication abortion care during the pandemic is a huge step in the right direction, but now we need to make it permanent. https://t.co/F9hJ53cywH
— NARAL (@NARAL) April 13, 2021