The Supreme Court restores access to an abortion pill through telehealth, mail and pharmacies. Bernie Bennett reports. VERBATIM: The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Those rules had been in effect for several […]
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The Supreme Court restores access to an abortion pill through telehealth, mail and pharmacies. Bernie Bennett reports.
VERBATIM:
The order signed by Justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor.
Those rules had been in effect for several years until a federal appeals court imposed new restrictions last week.
The majority of abortions in the U.S. are obtained through medications, usually a combination of mifepristone and a second drug, misoprostol.
The availability of those drugs has blunted the impact of abortion bans that most Republican-led states have sought to enforce since a 2022 Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.
Bernie Bennett reporting.