It was always a religious enforcement brought to you by the American mullahs.
The Biden administration is lifting restrictions on dispensing abortion pills by mail during the Covid-19 pandemic, reversing a Trump administration policy that the Supreme Court backed in January.
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The justices in January granted the Trump administration’s request to reinstate the rules, in a 6-3 decision that broke along ideological lines and marked the high court's first major action on abortion since Justice Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed.
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Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock informed the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in a letter Monday that her agency concluded that allowing patients to receive the pills via telemedicine and through the mail will not increase risks and will keep people safe from contracting the virus.
The decision marked the latest turn in a battle over longstanding FDA rules on the drug mifepristone that require people seeking medication abortions to obtain the pills in-person from a medical provider.
Politico
That was just to add a hurdle; particularly for women in areas where there isn't a nearby medical provider.
Scientists and doctors are increasingly supportive of medication abortions, which can only be used during the first 10 weeks of a pregnancy, and have long called for looser rules around how patients can obtain the pills. The pandemic brought the issue into high relief, as the government has moved to limit in-person dispensing and promote telemedicine.
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A new ban on telemedicine abortions in Ohio that was set to take effect on Monday was blocked by a state court, while others are still advancing in Indiana, Arkansas, Iowa, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming and West Virginia.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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