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Editorial: The FDA’s decision to allow abortion pills to be mailed won’t help if you live where it’s banned

Finally, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration made the long overdue decision this month to drop the requirement that abortion-inducing medication be dispensed in person by a health care provider at a medical facility. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, reproductive health experts and abortion rights supporters had urged the FDA for years to lift restrictions on the safe and effective two-drug regimen that has been available in the U.S. since 2000 and

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