Post by M. Hawbaker on Dec 20, 2021 15:50:35 GMT
On Thursday, the Biden administration said it is reversing two decades of bipartisan precedent and will allow pregnant women to receive the abortion pill by mail, clearing the way for a landmark policy change that pro-lifers warn will have a devastating impact on women’s health and safety.
At issue is a policy backed by the administrations of Presidents Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump that requires the abortion pill to be dispensed in-person, such as in clinics or doctor’s offices.
Pro-choice groups had urged the Food and Drug Administration to loosen the restrictions and allow women to receive the pill by mail.
On Thursday, the FDA released a new policy stating that the abortion pill “must be prescribed by or under the supervision of a certified healthcare provider.” Gone is the previous requirement that it “only be dispensed in clinics, medical offices, and hospitals.”
The Biden FDA previously had jettisoned the in-person requirement for the pandemic. Under the new policy, those looser restrictions are permanent.
The pro-life group Live Action called the new policy “revolting.”
“This means mothers will take the abortion pill at home with the possibility of hemorrhaging to death from undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy or adverse impacts of the drug,” Live Action said in a statement. “She’ll then go into early labor, deliver the dead child into a toilet, and flush her baby into the sewer system.”
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