{"id":414478,"date":"2021-04-12T14:58:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T18:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=414478"},"modified":"2021-04-12T14:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T18:58:33","slug":"gop-state-legislatures-move-to-ban-chemical-abortion-by-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-state-legislatures-move-to-ban-chemical-abortion-by-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP State Legislatures Move To Ban Chemical Abortion By Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-state-legislatures-move-to-ban-chemical-abortion-by-mail%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=414478&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1507.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Some Republican-controlled state legislatures are attempting to enhance restrictions on the ability for people to obtain abortion pills through the mail.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes after a year of patients choosing to see a doctor from a computer screen in their home rather than going to a physical location. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/69\/wr\/mm6943a3.htm\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a> reported that telemedicine spiked in the last week of March 2020 compared with the same period of time in 2019, going up by an increase of 154%.<\/p>\n<p>The rates at which people use medications to induce abortion have become prevalent in recent years, with the most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/article\/2019\/09\/medication-abortion-and-changing-abortion-landscape\">research<\/a> from the Guttmacher Institute showing that 39% of all abortions in 2017 were done through the use of medication.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the use of telemedicine for abortion pills say that it is unsafe for women to take the drugs without being seen by a doctor, while supporters argue that it is unnecessary for women to have an in-person visit to take the drugs and might put them at personal risk. Supporters also say that limiting the use of abortion by mail would put people who live in rural communities at a disadvantage to receive the procedure, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/medication-postal-service-legislation-abortion-coronavirus-pandemic-ecd8841541bcb46ec6a15bda3e1c3682\">Associated Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Montana and Ohio recently saw efforts by the GOP-led legislature to place restrictions on the ability for people to obtain abortion pills through the use of telemedicine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/MT\/text\/HB171\/2021\">HB171<\/a> is a bill that was recently passed in Montana and is set to be signed by Republican Governor Greg Gianforte. It addresses the issue of chemical abortion and telemedicine. The language of the bill states that its purpose is \u201censuring that a medical practitioner examines a woman prior to dispensing an abortion-inducing drug in order to confirm the gestational age of the unborn child, the intrauterine location of the unborn child, and that the unborn child is alive because the routine administration of an abortion-inducing drug following spontaneous miscarriage is unnecessary and exposes the woman to unnecessary risks associated with the abortion-inducing drug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among other requirements, the bill states that a woman who is considering a chemical abortion should get \u201ccomprehensive information on abortion-inducing drugs, including the potential to reverse the effects of the drugs if the woman changes the woman\u2019s mind, and that a woman submitting to an abortion does so only after giving voluntary and fully informed consent to the procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Sharon Greef (R) is the sponsor of the Montana bill and has said that medication abortions are \u201cthe Wild West of the abortion industry\u201d and that the medication should be done under close watch of medical personnel, \u201cnot as part of a do-it-yourself abortion far from a clinic or hospital,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/medication-postal-service-legislation-abortion-coronavirus-pandemic-ecd8841541bcb46ec6a15bda3e1c3682\">AP<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/medication-postal-service-legislation-abortion-coronavirus-pandemic-ecd8841541bcb46ec6a15bda3e1c3682\">outlet<\/a>, Elisabeth Smith, chief counsel for state policy and advocacy with the Center for Reproductive Rights, said, \u201cWhen we look at what state legislatures are doing, it becomes clear there\u2019s no medical basis for these restrictions \u2026 They\u2019re only meant to make it more difficult to access this incredibly safe medication and sow doubt into the relationship between patients and providers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ohio also sought a ban on the use of telemedicine for chemical abortions. It was scheduled to take effect last week, but was halted by a judge who granted a restraining order in a case brought by Planned Parenthood against the Ohio Department of Health, Ohio\u2019s Medical Board and prosecutors from some counties, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ohio-abortion-coronavirus-pandemic-aa8a54cee3a950f5517b30cd89153f36\">Associated Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion pills were first approved by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/drugs\/postmarket-drug-safety-information-patients-and-providers\/mifeprex-mifepristone-information\">U.S. Food and Drug Administration<\/a> in 2000 with an approved regimen included in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>During the coronavirus pandemic, abortion pills were allowed to be sent through the mail, but the U.S. Supreme Court removed that ability in January. Women who seek to use medication in order to induce an abortion are now required to physically go to a location to receive the drug.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><span>member<\/span><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Republican-controlled state legislatures are attempting to enhance restrictions on the ability for people to obtain abortion pills through the mail.The move comes after a year of patients choosing to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312044,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1507.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"GOP State Legislatures Move To Ban Chemical Abortion By Mail","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1507.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"GOP State Legislatures Move To Ban Chemical Abortion By Mail","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}