Post by Poor Richard on Jul 7, 2022 10:26:15 GMT -7
Clinics in Montana Limit Abortion Pill Access
Townhall.com reports:
"Several Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in Montana are preemptively restricting access to medication abortion pills from out-of-state patients.
This move comes after the United States Supreme Court struck down landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade and sent the issue of abortion back to the states. The four states bordering Montana have “trigger” laws in effect or pending that protect the unborn. As a result, three of the four Planned Parenthood clinics in Montana have limited who can receive abortion pills to avoid criminal charges and lawsuits.
Officials from Planned Parenthood of Montana, who operate three of the four clinics not providing abortion pills to out-of-state patients, shared the news with NPR.
Kim Floren, the director of pro-abortion organization Justice Through Empowerment Network, a South Dakota-based abortion fund, told NPR that Montana “was a state that we were hoping was going to be available.”
Floren added that “at this point, it’s just more bad news on top of more bad news.”
Medication abortions come in a two-part regimen. The first pill, mifepristone, is taken to stop the pregnancy from developing. The second pill, misoprostol, is taken to expel the pregnancy from the woman’s body. Townhall covered how telemedicine abortion pill startups came onto the scene to “fill the void” in the event of a Roe overturn."
Read the full story here.
"Several Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in Montana are preemptively restricting access to medication abortion pills from out-of-state patients.
This move comes after the United States Supreme Court struck down landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade and sent the issue of abortion back to the states. The four states bordering Montana have “trigger” laws in effect or pending that protect the unborn. As a result, three of the four Planned Parenthood clinics in Montana have limited who can receive abortion pills to avoid criminal charges and lawsuits.
Officials from Planned Parenthood of Montana, who operate three of the four clinics not providing abortion pills to out-of-state patients, shared the news with NPR.
Kim Floren, the director of pro-abortion organization Justice Through Empowerment Network, a South Dakota-based abortion fund, told NPR that Montana “was a state that we were hoping was going to be available.”
Floren added that “at this point, it’s just more bad news on top of more bad news.”
Medication abortions come in a two-part regimen. The first pill, mifepristone, is taken to stop the pregnancy from developing. The second pill, misoprostol, is taken to expel the pregnancy from the woman’s body. Townhall covered how telemedicine abortion pill startups came onto the scene to “fill the void” in the event of a Roe overturn."
Read the full story here.