OPINION: 'Without a national guarantee, oases and deserts of reproductive health care are forming around the country, and the people who bear the worst of this inequality deserve it the least,' writes Hannah Cree, a journalism student at the University…
After a year from hell, the pro-choice movement got a small glimmer of hope when the FDA changed the requirements for abortion pills Jan. 3, allowing them to be distributed in retail pharmacies.
With the window for abortion so short already, why are Republican lawmakers trying to make it harder for women to access a legal option? Most importantly, these laws are the reason many women will have a harder time having a self-managed abortion than in other states. The new FDA regulations did not make the abortion pill available over the counter. It is still a highly regulated medication under the FDA. Unless obtained illegally, you still have to get written permission from a medical professional and pay upwards of $500 to obtain abortion pills from a retail pharmacy. They will not be passed out on the street.
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