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Medical experts anticipate a surge in demand for abortion pills following Monday's report that the U.S. Supreme Court seems poised to overturn Roe v. Wade and permit states to enact pro-life laws restricting abortion.
One European abortionist who operates a telemedicine service told CBS News there has already been an "enormous increase" in U.S. demand for mifepristone and misoprostol, two drugs that when taken in sequence will stop an unborn baby from growing and then cause miscarriage, accompanied by cramping and bleeding.
"There's been an overwhelming amount of people that reached out to us," said Dr. Rebeca Gomperts, the founder of Aid Access, a nonprofit group that provides abortifacients by mail. "I think that's a really good response. So I would say, buckle up, women in the U.S. Just get your abortion pills in your medicine cabinet, so you have it in case you need it."
On Monday, Politico published a leaked draft Supreme Court opinion by Justice Samuel Alito for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case concerning Mississippi's 15-week abortion ban. Politico reported that a majority of justices had voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, a 1973 decision that found a constitutional right to an abortion. Should Roe be overturned, 26 states have laws banning or restricting abortion that would go into effect, which will likely result in women in these states seeking "do-it-yourself" abortions at home through medication.
Mifepristone received FDA approval to be taken in regimen with misoprostol in 2000. Since then, the chemical pills have become a common option for women seeking an abortion. Chemical abortions accounted for nearly 44% of abortions in the U.S. in 2019, and the use of abortion pills before nine weeks of pregnancy has increased by 123% between 2010 and 2019, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In December, the Biden administration loosened regulations on abortion pills that required women seeking them to obtain them at a doctor's office, clinic, or hospital. The FDA's new policy permits mifepristone to be prescribed by a telemedicine appointment and to be delivered by mail, which has increased access to abortion pills.
Still, several states have attempted to enact pro-life laws restricting access to abortion pills. Thirty-two states only allow physicians to provide abortion pills, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Indiana and Texas have banned chemical abortions after certain stages in a woman's pregnancy, while 19 other states require the clinician providing abortion pills to be physically present when the drugs are administered, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
State laws banning abortions outright would apply to chemical abortions. Legal experts say that it would be illegal for a medical professional to prescribe pills via a telemedicine appointment to a woman in a state where they are illegal, according to Reuters.
One possible loophole is for a woman to travel out of state where abortion is legal, have a telemedicine visit, and then have abortion pills delivered to an address there, legal experts told Reuters.
Women may also attempt to order abortion pills from overseas providers like Aid Access. While importing prescription drugs from abroad is illegal, CBS News reports that the FDA typically doesn't enforce the law against individuals who order medicines for their own personal use.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem rebukes Biden administration, restricts telemedicine abortions
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Tuesday signed an executive order that prohibits telemedicine abortions and restricts access to chemically induced abortions within the state.
The move follows Noem's promise to strengthen pro-life laws in South Dakota after the Supreme Court refused to block a Texas law banning abortions after six weeks, the time at which an unborn baby develops a heartbeat. It also serves as a direct rebuke to President Joe Biden's administration, which in April acted to allow women seeking abortions to be prescribed and sent drugs that would kill their unborn child without an in-person visit with an abortionist.
"The Biden Administration is continuing to overstep its authority and suppress legislatures that are standing up for the unborn to pass strong pro-life laws. They are working right now to make it easier to end the life of an unborn child via telemedicine abortion. That is not going to happen in South Dakota," Noem said in a statement.
The Biden Administration is pushing abortion on demand. That's not going to happen in South Dakota.https://t.co/ZqQqpGRzdw
— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) 1631114590.0
The governor's executive order declares that abortion-inducing drugs may only be prescribed or dispensed by a licensed physician in South Dakota who has met in-person with the woman seeking an abortion. Abortifacients may not be provided via courier, delivery, telemedicine, or mail service under the order. They cannot be dispensed or provided in schools or on state grounds either.
Noem further instructed the South Dakota Department of Health to create licensing requirements for "pill only" abortion clinics; to collect data on the frequency of chemical abortions in the state and how many women experience adverse side effects that require a medical follow-up; and to strengthen reporting requirements for emergency room complications related to chemical abortions.
Pro-life groups praised Noem's order, criticizing the Biden administration for easing access to abortion drugs that have known side effects including heavy and prolonged vaginal bleeding, infection, fever, digestive system discomfort, and in some cases may fail to kill the unborn child.
"We commend Governor Noem for taking this bold action that will save lives from dangerous chemical abortions, which have a fourfold higher rate of complications compared to surgical abortion," said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony List. "The Biden administration would turn every post office and pharmacy into an abortion center if they had their way, leaving women alone and at risk of severe heavy bleeding, physical, emotional, and psychological stress, and more."
"States can no longer depend on the FDA to regulate abortion drugs in any meaningful way, and I am pleased to see Governor Noem step up for her state," Americans United for Life CEO and President Catherine Glenn Foster said. "Abortion is never safe, but it's far more dangerous when women are abandoned by physicians and left to manage their complications alone."
Opponents of the restrictions contend that chemically-induced abortions are safe and that prohibiting them would unconstitutionally deprive rural Americans who live far from South Dakota's single abortion clinic of access to abortions.
"Having an abortion is a private medical decision, one that is protected under the U.S. Constitution, and it's disappointing that Gov. Noem continues to insert herself into the patient-doctor relationship," Janna Farley, the communications director of the American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota, said. "It's clear that the attacks on our abortion rights are not letting up in South Dakota."
South Dakota law requires pregnant women to meet with an abortionist and undergo a physical examination before scheduling an abortion procedure or being prescribed an abortifacient. Women must also wait 72 hours before the procedure. South Dakota requires abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy to be performed in a hospital and has banned abortions after the 22nd week of pregnancy except for medical emergencies.
Noem has vowed that under her leadership, South Dakota will have "the strongest pro life laws on the books."
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to leave the pro-life TX law in place, I have directed the Unborn Child Advo… https://t.co/dHmbd4xX5F
— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) 1630608050.0
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