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The robots were remotely operated by physicians from states protected by shield laws, which allow them to legally dispense the pills to people living in states that ban abortion.in the U.S., they were joined by surprising allies: Robots dispensing prescriptions for abortion pills as well as the pills themselves, operated remotely by physicians in states with telemedicine abortion shield laws.
The “roe-bots” are controlled remotely by providers in blue states with shield laws that protect doctors from prosecution. The Supreme Court is currently weighing whether the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a group of anti-abortion doctors, has legal standing to sue the FDA overto make abortion pills more accessible. If the court determines the anti-abortion group has standing to sue the FDA, it will then rule on whether a lower court ruling undoing these 2016 and 2021 rule changes is constitutional. A ruling isn’t expected until late June.
“Jane Liberty #2 is not alone in relying on a telemedicine abortion to escape a dangerous home life,” the brief states, referencing a qualitative study that showed direct-to-patient telemedicine abortion provided the opportunity for safe self-administered abortion care” when women in abusive or dangerous situations “otherwise may not have been able to receive an abortion safely.”
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