A medical clinician will be required to be physically present when abortion pills are administered to a patient even though federal regulations now allow mail delivery nationwide.
Louisiana lawmakers have advanced a bill that would abolish abortion in the state, grant constitutional rights to all unborn children from the moment of fertilization and classify abortion as a homicide crime.
The governor "firmly believes, as stated in his veto of this partisan measure, that non-licensed physicians should not be performing these medical procedures."
US President Joe Biden s administration was looking at grants to help fund expanding access to emergency contraception as a possible response if the Supreme Court overturns a 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said on Wednesday.