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Abortion Pill Won’t Be the Only One Restricted by State Bans
Patients are already encountering obstacles getting other needed medicines. Pharma companies have to step in to protect access.
Abortion bans should not affect access to contraceptives.
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It’s not yet two weeks since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and already the ruling is impeding people’s access to drugs — including drugs not being used for abortions.
State trigger laws now going into effect are of course making it harder and sometimes illegal for women to get medication abortion, the two-pill regimen approved by the Food and Drug Administration to end early pregnancies. But emergency contraceptives and the autoimmune-disease treatment methotrexate are also being caught up by overly broad interpretations of abortion bans.