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Supreme Court reinstates restrictions on abortion pill

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01/12/2021 | Politico | Alice Miranda Ollstein

Just before the end of the Trump presidency, the Supreme Court heard its first case on abortion since Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the court in Fall 2020. The outcome was a blow to telemedicine abortion care. In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the court upheld a request by the Trump Administration to reinstate a federal rule that requires patients to pick up their abortion medications in-person from a medical provider. This ruling severely restricted the scope of telemedicine abortion since it does not allow mifepristone and misoprostol to be shipped directly to patients. We hope that in the early days of the Biden presidency, the effect of this decision will be reversed both to improve abortion access and reduce the risk of COVID-19 exposure while accessing medical care.

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Introduction of telemedicine for medication abortion: Changes in service delivery patterns in two U.S. states

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12/23/2020 | Contraception | Julia Kohn, Hannah Simmons

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Demand for Self-Managed Online Telemedicine Abortion in the United States During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

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07/20/2020 | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Aiken et. al.

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Telemedicine for Medication Abortion: The Time Is Now

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04/06/2020 | Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports | Betstadt et. al.

This review article outlines current restrictions for telemedicine abortion in the US, strategies for incorporating telemedicine abortion into current models of abortion care, and evidence on the safety and efficacy of telemedicine abortion.

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Abortion by Telemedicine: A Growing Option as Access to Clinics Wanes

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04/28/2020 | NY Times | Pam Belluck

As COVID-19 spread through the US, so did the need for telemedicine abortion care. This NY Times piece showcases the stories of various patients who found telemedicine medication abortion to be their best option. This article focuses on the organization, TelAbortion.

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More Patients Seek Abortion Pills Online During Pandemic, But Face Restrictions

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03/18/2020 | NPR | Sarah McCammon

This NPR articles demonstrates the need for telemedicine in abortion care through the story of a woman in South Dakota who had to travel 3 hours, with her children, to access medical care during a pandemic because telemedicine abortion care was unavailable due to state restrictions.

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The Coronavirus Is Making the Case for Abortion Via Telemedicine

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03/18/2020 | Mother Jones | Becca Andrews

As COVID-19 spread in the US, a new need for telemedicine abortion arose, both as a public health measure to allow social distancing as well as to provide access to abortion care in states that were using COVID to limit abortion access.

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The Covid Crisis Reveals the Need to Abolish Abortion Restrictions

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The Nation | By Renee Bracey Sherman | July 15, 2020 

The state of abortion care during this pandemic has highlighted the importance of keeping abortion care accessible and ensuring that people are not criminalized for accessing basic reproductive care. In order to maintain adequate access to abortion care, abortion restrictions must be abolished.

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The Coronavirus Pandemic Gave Us a Look at a Post- Rose v. Wade World

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Teen Vogue | By Jennifer Dalven | June 12, 2020

In this Op Ed, Jennifer Dalven, director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, discusses how COVID has shown us what a post-Roe world might look like. While many of the restrictions we saw in the early days of the pandemic are no longer in place, she urges people to act now before we see more intensive abortion restrictions resurface.

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Advocates Fear Another Devastating Impact of COVID-19: More Forced Pregnancies and Reproductive Control

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Rewire | By Jallicia Jolly | June 10, 2020 

This article asserts that abortion restrictions, which have become more stringent during the COVID-19 pandemic, are a form of reproductive coercion by the state. Additionally, this piece examines the added barriers to accessing abortion care for Black, Brown, and Indigenous people as well as those in abusive relationships.