By EFE
WASHINGTON – A United States Federal Court of Appeals this Friday temporarily restored the obligation that pills used for medical abortion be dispensed in person and can no longer be sent by mail.
The decision was adopted by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and responds to a lawsuit filed by the state of Louisiana against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)in which the rules that allow prescription through telemedicine and dispensing without an in-person medical visit were questioned.
The ruling, issued by a majority of judges appointed in different Republican administrations, maintains that Current federal regulations allow you to circumvent state restrictions on abortionby facilitating access to drugs such as mifepristone through remote consultations.
The case is part of the growing legal battle over pharmacological abortion in the United States.which currently represents around two-thirds of pregnancy termination procedures, in a context of strong political division, following the 2022 Supreme Court decision that eliminated federal protection for abortion.
After the ruling, The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) described the measure as a “serious event” because I would put in danger to women who “live in rural areas, suffer intimate partner violence or have a disability” and will lose “the option of telemedicine” which is the same as losing access to medication.
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