GOP State Legislatures Move To Ban Chemical Abortion By Mail

Some Republican-controlled state legislatures are attempting to enhance restrictions on the ability for people to obtain abortion pills through the mail.

The move comes after a year of patients choosing to see a doctor from a computer screen in their home rather than going to a physical location. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that telemedicine spiked in the last week of March 2020 compared with the same period of time in 2019, going up by an increase of 154%.

The rates at which people use medications to induce abortion have become prevalent in recent years, with the most recent research from the Guttmacher Institute showing that 39% of all abortions in 2017 were done through the use of medication.