Conservative state lawmakers target abortion pills prescribed over Internet

[alp227]

Conservative lawmakers in some states are taking aim at a practice that they say could greatly expand the number of women who choose to terminate their pregnancies: abortion pills prescribed over the Internet.

State legislators in Iowa and Nebraska have announced their intention to try to ban telemedicine abortions, which allow women to go to a branch clinic to consult via Internet videoconferencing with a physician located miles away. Then, with the push of a remote control, the doctor can open a drawer in the clinic that contains RU-486, known as the abortion pill.

Currently, telemedicine abortions are available only in Iowa, where more than 2,000 women have used the practice since 2008 through the state's Planned Parenthood affiliate. Previously, the organization provided abortions at half a dozen clinics, concentrated in the state's larger cities. Because of the telemedicine program, women in the first nine weeks of pregnancy can obtain abortion pills at most of the organization's 19 centers, which are scattered across the state.

Full story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/30/AR2010123003335.html

[niyad]

1. one can get plan b over the counter, WITHOUT a scrip, so what the HELL is their problem?

oh, wait, they are woman-hating, pro-forced birth assholes.

[ingac70]

2. Plan B is NOT an abortion pill. n/t

[niyad]

5. I didn't say it was. the point is, plan b is available, which makes their woman-hating bs even less

relevant.

of course, one of their real concerns with mifepristone is that they and their whacked-out cohorts cannot terrorize women at clinics.

[sharesunited]

3. They need to state a reason for banning it other than We Don't Like Abortion.

A credible reason, one that can withstand judicial scrutiny.

[LiberalFighter]

6. More than likely they think any reason they use will be considered credible.

Like... It's against gods will.

[HockeyMom]

4. Double/Triple up on plain old BC pills

and there is your Plan B. Uh, oh, better ban BC pills that cause "abortions". While they are at it, ban BREATFEEDING too, as that can cause an "abortion" also.