Abortion pills should be easier to get. That doesn't mean that they will be
Abortion pills should be easier to get. "Many people have difficulty accessing this care because of things like transportation or having time off of work to go to a clinic to get this care so this is really going to open the doors for them," Dr. Kristyn Brandi, a member and fellow at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists told NPR. Pregnant people living in states that already limit or ban abortion pill access will likely not benefit from the FDA's new rules. "The people that actually need emergency care after receiving the proposal is less than 1%,"Dr. Kristyn Brandi of ACOG told NPR. Sponsor Message "I would say that there's absolutely no data that suggests that people are going in waves to seek emergency care after medication and that's because there is a really great track record showing that they are incredibly safe," Brandi said.
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