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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFederal judge rules women can get abortion pill without doctor visits
Federal judge rules women can get abortion pill without doctor visits
Health Jul 13, 2020 5:46 PM EDT
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) A federal judge agreed Monday to suspend a rule that requires women during the COVID-19 pandemic to visit a hospital, clinic or medical office to obtain an abortion pill.
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland concluded that the in-person requirements for patients seeking medication abortion care impose a substantial obstacle to abortion patients and are likely unconstitutional under the circumstances of the pandemic.
Particularly in light of the limited timeframe during which a medication abortion or any abortion must occur, such infringement on the right to an abortion would constitute irreparable harm, the judge wrote in his 80-page decision.
Chuangs ruling will allow healthcare providers to arrange for mifepristone to be mailed or delivered to patients during the public health emergency declared by the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved mifepristone to be used in combination with a second drug, misoprostol, to end an early pregnancy or manage a miscarriage.
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Health Jul 13, 2020 5:46 PM EDT
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) A federal judge agreed Monday to suspend a rule that requires women during the COVID-19 pandemic to visit a hospital, clinic or medical office to obtain an abortion pill.
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland concluded that the in-person requirements for patients seeking medication abortion care impose a substantial obstacle to abortion patients and are likely unconstitutional under the circumstances of the pandemic.
Particularly in light of the limited timeframe during which a medication abortion or any abortion must occur, such infringement on the right to an abortion would constitute irreparable harm, the judge wrote in his 80-page decision.
Chuangs ruling will allow healthcare providers to arrange for mifepristone to be mailed or delivered to patients during the public health emergency declared by the secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved mifepristone to be used in combination with a second drug, misoprostol, to end an early pregnancy or manage a miscarriage.
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Federal judge rules women can get abortion pill without doctor visits (Original Post)
sl8
Jul 2020
OP
Expect another Executive Order banning the drug in 5-4-3-2-1.................
machoneman
Jul 2020
#1
They just can't let go of their incessant need to attack women's reproductive rights
Proud Liberal Dem
Jul 2020
#4
machoneman
(4,016 posts)1. Expect another Executive Order banning the drug in 5-4-3-2-1.................
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)2. Finally some good news during this shitshow
DownriverDem
(6,233 posts)3. One day
folks will look back and wonder WTH was wrong with Americans.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,452 posts)4. They just can't let go of their incessant need to attack women's reproductive rights
No matter the cost, circumstances, etc.