Appeals court blocks mail-order mifepristone, restricting abortion access nationwide

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The notoriously right-wing Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas) has blocked telehealth prescriptions of mifepristone as well as mail-order delivery of the drug. This has the effect of reinstating the previous requirement that mifepristone must be prescribed and dispensed in person. Remote prescribing and mail-order dispensing had been used as a means to evade individual states' limitations / prohibitions on abortion. Appeals court blocks mail-order mifepristone, restricting abortion access nationwide submitted by /u/Nerd-19958 [link] [comments]

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