Supreme Court Upholds Access to Abortion Pills Without Doctor’s Visit During COVID-19 Pandemic

On October 8, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to continue allowing abortion pills to be mailed to patients without requiring an in-person consultation with a doctor during the coronavirus pandemic. Since its approval in 2000, the FDA had mandated that patients seeking the abortion pill, Mifeprex (also known as RU-486), must receive the medication in-person […]