Telehealth-prescribed medication abortions —or, in other words, abortion pills that are prescribed via telehealth appointments and then mailed to patients in need—currently account for roughly one in four of all abortions in the United States. Still, the conservative fight to stymie their accessibility rages on throughout the country, as evidenced by this week’s skirmish between the attorneys general of New York and Texas. Below, find everything you need to know about the imperiled future of medication abortion by mail in New York, Texas, and around the US:
Why are Texas and New York at odds with each other over medication abortion by mail?
Last month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York county clerk for refusing to file a six-figure judgment against a doctor accu