U.S. FDA to allow abortion pill by mail permanently
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said that it would permanently ease restrictions on a pill used to terminate early pregnancies, making it easier to obtain the medicine at pharmacies and through the mail.
The move means patients will not longer need to go to a clinic in person to receive the medication, generically known as mifepristone, from a health provider.
It allows patients to have a telemedicine appointment with a provider who can prescribe abortion pills and send them to the patient by mail.
As the US Supreme Court threatens to abolish or severely limit the right to an abortion, the Food and Drug Administration takes a big practical step toward circumventing restrictions for early abortions by approving access to abortion pills by mail.
The F.D.A.’s action means that medication abortion, an increasingly common method authorized in the United States for pregnancies up to 10 weeks’ gestation, will become more available to women who find it difficult to travel to an abortion provider or prefer to terminate a pregnancy in the privacy of their homes.
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