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Saturday, March 19th, 2022

As Abortion Pills Take Off, Some States Move to Curb Them

Author:     Christine Vestal
Source:     Pew Research Center
Publication Date:     March 16, 2022
 Link: As Abortion Pills Take Off, Some States Move to Curb Them
Stephan:   One of the hallmarks of American christofascists is their hysterical obsession with what people do with their genitals, and with whom they do it, and stopping women from having control over their own bodies. I see this as a major and growing factor in the Great Schism Trend, which I have been covering in SR for years now. The latest area the christofascists are targeting is pharmaceuticals that end pregnancies because they offer and option Roe vs Wade does not address. Look at the map that heads this report and you can see yet again the Red state Blue state divide. Just another reason not to live in a Red State, particularly if you are female.

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to weaken or topple its nearly 50-year-old abortion rights decision, Roe v. Wade, giving states wide latitude to restrict the procedure.  

But most legislatures will be adjourned by then, and anti-abortion lawmakers aren’t waiting to address what they expect will be one result of widespread limits on clinical abortions: spiraling demand for medication abortions.

Since January, legislators in at least 20 states have proposed bills that would restrict or ban access to abortion pills approved more than two decades ago by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.  

This year’s flurry of bills was spurred in part by an FDA ruling during the coronavirus pandemic that eliminated a long-standing requirement that patients consult with prescribers and pick up the pills in person.

Under the FDA’s temporary ruling, which was made permanent in December, patients for the first time can consult with prescribers via telehealth and receive the pills by mail.  

In response, lawmakers in Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Tennessee quickly proposed bills that would […]

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