Pledged to advance the Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act to safeguard access to medication abortion (mifepristone) through telehealth and certified/mail-order pharmacies in states where abortion remains legal, preserving current FDA guidelines.
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Pledged to advance the Protecting Access to Medication Abortion Act to safeguard access to medication abortion (mifepristone) through telehe…”
Sources
- Senator Tina Smith (official U.S. Senate website)https://www.smith.senate.gov/u-s-senator-tina-smith-and-rep-cori-bush-re-introduce-legislation-to-protect-access-to-medication-abortion/ ↗
“We need to fight back against Republicans' efforts to chip away at women's reproductive freedoms. Our bill, which would safeguard access to medication abortion, is a critical step to protect what remaining access exists to reproductive health care.”