The Food and Drug Administration will end a ban on sending abortion-inducing medication by mail, making it easier for patients to receive the drug without visiting a clinic.
The abortion drug is pictured in an abortion clinic. Phil Walter is the photographer.
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The FDA made the medication only available to patients who could pick it up in person because of safety concerns.
The requirement for in-person pickup was temporarily suspended by the Biden Administration.
According to a 2015 paper, Mifeprex and Korlym are both effective in inducing abortion when taken with another medication.
According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the safety restrictions placed on the drug were more burdensome than the restrictions placed on other drugs.
Pro-life demonstrators take part in the 47th annual "March for Life" in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2020.
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According to a Kaiser Family Foundation study in October, more than half of abortions in the US are done with medication. Legislative attempts to limit use of these medications have had mixed success, with Indiana banning the use of abortion medication after 10 weeks of pregnancy, though similar legislation in Oklahoma and Montana was blocked by the courts.
Texas banned sending abortion medication by mail. John Seago, legislative director of the anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life, told CNN that abortion-inducing drugs are the next phase of the fight. A federal appeals court is currently hearing challenges to a Texas law that prohibits abortions as early as six weeks.
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In some states, abortion counseling must include the claim that abortion can be reversed by administering a drug called prostaglandins. Arkansas was the first state to require abortion reversal counseling.
Women can get the abortion pill by mail in the U.S.
The FDA relaxed restrictions on abortion pill by mail.
