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Originally Published 4 months ago — by The New York Times
The Texas Senate approved a bill allowing residents to sue providers and distributors of mail-order abortion medications, aiming to restrict access and set a precedent for other states, with Governor Greg Abbott expected to sign it into law.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by The New York Times
The first nationwide count of telehealth abortions in the U.S. medical system reveals that at least one in six abortions, around 14,000 a month, was conducted via telehealth from July through September. Clinicians prescribe mail-order abortion pills after online consultations, with some prescriptions being given to patients in states where abortion is banned, made possible by shield laws. The growth of telemedicine abortion has made it easier and often less expensive for women to get abortions, particularly if they live far from an abortion clinic or in states with abortion bans. Despite efforts to regulate mail-order pills, the overall number of abortions provided by clinicians in the United States is slightly higher now than it was before the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision in 2022.