Nearly 1 in 5 US abortions now provided through telehealth, with thousands accessed under shield laws each month, report says
Nearly 1 in 5 US abortions now provided through telehealth, with thousands accessed under shield laws each month, report says
A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into White House barriers and showed a Nazi flag before his arrest last year has pleaded guilty to damaging government property.
Most abortions in the United States are medication abortions, and telehealth has become an increasingly common way to access abortion pills — especially since the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision revoked the federal right to an abortion.
In the last few months of 2023, nearly 1 in 5 abortions nationwide — about 17,000 each month — were medication abortions in which the pills were mailed to a patient after a remote consultation with a clinician, according to a new report from #WeCount, a research project led by the Society of Family Planning. When #WeCount started collecting data from abortion providers in April 2022, about 4% of all abortions were medication abortions provided through telehealth.
Medication abortion is a method by which someone ends their pregnancy by taking two drugs — mifepristone and misoprostol — rather than having a surgical procedure. The US Food and Drug Administration approved the drugs for abortion use more than two decades ago, and the regimen is approved for use up to 10 weeks gestation.
Republicans are coming after this through the Comstock act:
The Comstock Act was passed by Congress under the administration of Ulysses S. Grant and criminalized the act of using the U.S. Postal Service to send "obscene" materials such as contraceptives, substances that induce abortion, pornographic content, sex toys and any written material about these items.
“Obscene” medication 🤡
A 50 year project to capture the supreme court. Without a doubt their most successful political operation in modern history. But during those 50 years the world kept marching forward and now the thing they railed against is available in pill form and public opinion on abortion is overwhelmingly positive.
Conservatism is a losers game.
It's losing the people, but it still has the power (which is what they want).
This might sound kinda fucked up, but i was having discussions with friends(mostly very pro choice) before the court decision. We basically agreed that this would be really bad short term, but that it would eventually accelerate use to a future where abortion rights would make it into the US constitution.
I hope this comes true, otherwise nothing good will have really come from all this bullshit.
I hope that every one of these women in red states where it is ILLEGAL now, go to prison. They are breaking the law. Choosing to enforce some laws and not others makes a failed country.
When all the people around you are being sent off to prison for doing what should be a federal guaranteed right, maybe you'll stop voting in the Conservatives. Until then, enjoy prison. Hope you don't need medical care in prison, because you'll probably just die.
The world isn't just black and white, go and read some history.
Are you saying that people who helped the underground railroad should have been jailed too? What about people who helped save lives during the holocaust?
Both admittedly extreme examples, but forcing someone to carry a child they do not want is unjust and cruel.
I think they're saying that they totally support a woman's right to an abortion if she needs/wants one and that apparently severe consequences (beyond the ones we're already experiencing) are the only thing they believe will get people to pull their heads out and stop voting for these monsters. They're definitely not saying they believe women who have abortions should be in jail. They're saying draconian abortion laws are ridiculous and if they were enforced with prison then conservatives might finally get it.
I don't necessarily agree with that stance but that's what I believe they are saying.
No. You have poor comprehension.
The dumbest take