'Abortion care is healthcare and, therefore, a human right—period,' said Rep. CoriBush.
the Guttmacher Institute, 19 U.S. states"require the clinician providing a medication abortion to be physically present when the medication is administered, thereby prohibiting the use of telemedicine to prescribe medication for abortion."earlier this month,"Some legal scholars believe that state restrictions on medication abortion are subject to preemption challenges—meaning that federal oversight of the drug trumps state laws.
"Because the FDA has approved and regulates mifepristone," the outlet explained,"it may not be lawful for states to ban it."Tampa Bay Timesthat"a physician who mails the medication to a Louisiana resident could face up to 10 years in prison and a $75,000 fine." "A new law in Tennessee makes distributing abortion pills through the mail a felony punishable by up to $50,000 in fines," the Florida paper observes."And South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem recently called for a special legislative session to craft new laws barring the practice. A 2015 law prohibits Florida physicians from prescribing the medications without an in-person visit at least 24 hours in advance—effectively outlawing telehealth abortions.
Smith , the only U.S. senator to have worked at Planned Parenthood, said Monday that"right now, extremist Republicans are attacking and undermining access to a safe and effective medication because they believe that the government—not women, not their healthcare providers—should control the healthcare that doctors provide women."
"We need to fight back against Republicans' ongoing efforts to chip away at women's reproductive freedoms," said Smith."Our bill, which would safeguard access to medication abortion, is a critical step that would help protect what remaining access exists to reproductive healthcare."
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