Title : As federal rule allows mail-order abortion pill without telehealth, Ky. (which requires telehealth for it) may ban the practice entirely
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As federal rule allows mail-order abortion pill without telehealth, Ky. (which requires telehealth for it) may ban the practice entirely
By Melissa Patrick
Kentucky Health News
As part of a larger anti-abortion bill, some Kentucky lawmakers are working to make mail-order abortion medication illegal in Kentucky, even as a new federal rule permanently allows the practice.
The the rule allows patients to receive medication by mail after a telemedicine appointment, instead of requiring an in-person visit, as was required before the pandemic hit. The Food and Drug Administration lifted that requirement by a temporary rule during the pandemic, and has now made the rule permanent.
An abortion by medication involves taking two drugs, misoprostol and mifepristone, and can be done up to the 10th week of pregnancy. Misoprostol, which causes contractions to empty the uterus, has long been available with a prescription. Mifepristone blocks progesterone, a hormone necessary for a pregnancy to develop. The new rule allows it to be mail-ordered after a telehealth visit.
About half of the 4,104 abortions performed in Kentucky in 2020 were medication abortions, according to the state Annual Abortion Report for 2020, the most recent available.
The new rule will have little impact in Kentucky because the state already has laws in place that require a patient to see a health-care provider in person to obtain such medicine.
Even so, a group of state legislators, led by Republican Rep. Nancy Tate of Brandenburg, are working on a bill that, among other things, would ban mail order of the abortion medication in Kentucky.
The "Humanity in HealthCare Act 2022" was referred to as a "pro-life omnibus bill" at the October meeting of the Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Committee. It was presented in detail but has not yet been filed.Click here for more information from the FDA about mifepristone. Click here for the Humanity in HealthCare Act slide presentation from the joint health committee meeting.
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