The focus of the abortion debate in the U.S. is shifting towards restricting access to abortion pills, the most common method of pregnancy termination. A lawsuit against a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills via telemedicine to a patient in Texas highlights this trend. This case could set a precedent for legal challenges to New York's protective law for providers who prescribe these medications to patients in states with abortion bans. Concerns also arise about the potential for the incoming administration to restrict access to abortion pills.
The battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.are increasingly focusing on restricting access to pills, which are the most common way to end a pregnancy in the U.S.
By last year, nearly two-thirds of abortions were from medications, according to a tally by the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion access. New York is one of at least eight states with a law intended to protect medical providers who prescribe abortion pills to patients in states with bans.
The state attorneys general from Idaho, Kansas and Missouri responded in October with a legal filing contending that they can make such an argument. Instead of focusing on the drug’s initial approval in 2000, they’re looking at later changes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that allow its use for the first 10 weeks of pregnancy and telemedicine prescriptions.
Additional states are considering ways to restrict abortion pills in their 2025 legislative sessions.
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