FDA lifts key restriction on abortion pill, allowing it to be obtained by mail
Amid national furor over abortion, the Food and Drug Administration permanently removed a controversial restriction on access to abortion pills by allowing patients to receive the medicine by mail, instead of requiring them to get the pills in person from specially certified providers.
The decision means that medication abortion may become more widely available to women who find it difficult to travel to abortion providers. Going forward, any doctor who is certified to prescribe the pill, which is known as mifepristone, can do so online and have it sent by mail, which will allow pregnancies to be terminated at home, even if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade.
