Six justices voted in favour of reinstating the strict rule of in-person visits to obtain abortion pills.
January 15, 2021 02:52 GMT
Safety concerns during the pandemic have led to a number of suspensions of rules when it comes to the acquisition of drugs. For a certain time, women were able to secure abortion pills via mail. However, the US Supreme Court recently decided against it and reverted to the old rule that women must make an in-person visit to obtain an abortion pill.
The justices of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, ordered that women could only obtain the abortion pill mifepristone if they would visit doctor s offices. The rule which required such visits to the doctor s office was earlier suspended by U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang due to the pandemic.