House members press FDA to lift in-person requirement to get abortion medication.
The dispensing rule is "not scientifically based or needed" and limits access to the drug, ob-gyn group official says.
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, speaks in Union Square on August 18, 2020 in New York.WASHINGTON — A group of Democrats on the House Oversight Committee announced a resolution Thursday pressuring the Food and Drug Administration to permanently lift the in-person requirements onThe resolution — backed by Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney of New York, Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado, Rep. Barbara Lee of California, and Rep.
The resolution, first obtained by NBC News, says that lifting the in-person dispensing requirement and other restrictions for mifepristone would improve access without weakening the drug's strong safety profile.The FDA requires mifepristone, one of the two pills used in early pregnancy abortion, to be distributed in clinics or doctors' offices rather than prescribed and picked up at pharmacies or by mail.
However, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, a group of doctors and advocates, led by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, challenged the rule so that pregnant people could order the pills by mail.
When medication abortion, which is the most common method in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, is obtained by telemedicine or in person, the likelihood of complications isJennifer Villavicencio, an ob-gyn and lead for equity transformation at ACOG, said the in-person dispensing requirement for the drug is"not scientifically based or needed" and creates a"barrier for people to access this medication in a political environment where it is already very difficult to obtain an abortion.
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