Medication abortion provides safe, effective, and time-sensitive medical care to patients that require an abortion. Unfortunately, medication abortion faces multiple restrictions in the U.S., with the Supreme Court recently ruling that reinstates an FDA requirement that patients must access the medication in-person. Especially in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, these restrictions are not only unnecessary, but blatantly dangerous. Dr. Jamila Perritt, a board-certified OBGYN and family planning specialist, and President and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health, talks to us about these restrictions and how they are impacting people’s access to basic abortion care, in and outside of the context of the pandemic.
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