The law required abortion-inducing drugs to be given to patients in the same room as the doctor who prescribed the medication, effectively banning telemedicine abortion services.
In this post-Roe world, telemedicine can make the difference in being able to receive abortion care or not.” Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in a statement on Wednesday following the release of the court injunction.
Wednesday’s ruling comes just months after voters in Kansas rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have allowed the state legislature more power to restrict or ban abortion.State-level anti-abortion groups have been lobbying for more legislation to ban or restrict medication abortion, such as requiring an in-person medical screening for any medication abortions, allowing family members to sue medication providers, and attempting to shutdown nonprofit organizations that help women obtain and safely use the drugs.