With days to go until a federal ruling could pull a widely used abortion pill off the market, Vermont abortion providers are making hasty plans to continue providing medication abortions.Late last Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk .
A recent decision by a federal judge in Texas could halt access to one of two medicines commonly used to carry out medication abortions the most common and least invasive form of abortion. Now, Vermont providers are making hasty contingency plans.
A ruling from a federal judge in Texas blocking the use of an abortion pill has abortion advocates up in arms and abortion opponents praising the decision.
In its June decision to strike down Roe v. Wade case precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court reasoned that the legality of abortion should be left to individual state governments to determine. But a federal judge’s ruling Friday night jeopardizes access to medication abortion the most common and least invasive form of abortion nationwide, even in Vermont.