"Health Angel Foster, who runs Massachusetts-based The MAP, which prescribes the regimen of pills to women in every state, said her organization will keep sending pills to women in Texas. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a first-of-its-kind law that lets anyone sue prescribers and others responsible for getting abortion pills into the state. Supporters are heralding the law, which Abbott signed Wednesday, as a way to enforce an existing ban."
"The majority of abortions in the U.S. employ pills, usually a combination of the drugs misoprostol and mifepristone. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and allowed states to enforce abortion bans, the method has moved to the center of the latest legal and political battles. At least eight Democratic-controlled states have adopted shield laws that seek to protect medical professionals in their borders who prescribe the pills via telehealth"
Texas enacted a law allowing any person to sue prescribers and others who facilitate sending abortion pills into the state. Providers such as Massachusetts-based The MAP plan to continue mailing abortion pills to Texas residents and report having done so thousands of times. Advocates expect mail delivery of mifepristone and misoprostol to remain available. The majority of U.S. abortions now use medication regimens, and telehealth prescriptions have become central since the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Several Democratic-led states have adopted shield laws to protect in-state clinicians who prescribe and mail pills to patients in states with bans.
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