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Saturday, April 17th, 2021

Why Abortion Pills Are the Next Frontier in the Battle Over Reproductive Rights

Author:     ABIGAIL ABRAMS
Source:     Time Magazine
Publication Date:     APRIL 13, 2021 9:00 PM EDT
 Link: Why Abortion Pills Are the Next Frontier in the Battle Over Reproductive Rights
Stephan:   Since I was old enough to have a perspective on the issue based on data I have thought that continuity of consciousness was correct. I think the evidence for it is irrefutable at this point. That certainly informs my views on abortion. But it is not the only reason I feel as strongly as I do about this issue. If a woman does not control her own body she controls nothing. Abortion is a right. What I have particular contempt for is the anti-choice people who after a child is born have no interest in their care, eduction, or health, or the health of the mother. Even a woman raped and impregnated should bear the rapist's child, and raise for the rest of her life. It is preposterous. But as the technology has evolved, it has become harder and harder for the anti-choice people to make a case. Now we are down to pills.
The Food and Drug Administration recently lifted restrictions on abortion pills to allow patients to get them through telemedicine.
 Credit: Katharina Staerck/Getty

The Biden Administration is removing restrictions on mailing abortion pills during the COVID-19 pandemic, a reversal from the Trump Administration’s policy that marks a new phase in the national debate over abortion rights.

The move temporarily changes longstanding Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules governing mifepristone—one of two drugs used to terminate early pregnancies—that required patients to pick up the pills in-person from a medical provider. Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock sent a letter to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine on Monday saying that her agency reviewed recent evidence and found that using telemedicine to provide abortion pills would not increase risks and would help patients avoid potential exposure to COVID-19.

The change only lasts through the public health emergency, and the FDA has not said how it will handle the requirement after the pandemic. But abortion pills have become the latest front in the heated battle over reproductive rights

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