{"id":192689,"date":"2018-12-14T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T19:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=192689"},"modified":"2018-12-13T18:04:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T00:04:32","slug":"michigan-bill-ban-telemed-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/michigan-bill-ban-telemed-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan bill permanently banning telemed abortions heads to governor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The abortion industry, sensing a possible future legal challenge to Roe v. Wade<\/em>, has begun pushing heavily<\/a> for medication abortion — also known as the abortion pill — to be made available to women much more freely, and possibly without any medical supervision whatsoever<\/a>. In California, legislators are even continuing to push<\/a> for the abortion pill to be available to students of state universities on campus, despite the risks of hemorrhage and other possible complications — and this, after pro-abortion Governor Jerry Brown already vetoed<\/a> a bill attempting to pass such legislation.<\/p>\n

Despite the attempts to make abortion accessible without any physician care, Michigan legislators have just taken a step to make permanent a law (originally set to expire on December 31, 2018) banning physicians from prescribing the abortion pill regimen by telemedicine, also known as “webcam abortions.” This means that doctors will not<\/em> be able to simply meet with patients over a video chat before they receive the pills. Appointments must be in person.<\/p>\n

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According to the Detroit Free Press<\/a>, “The bill [SB 1198<\/a>]\u00a0was passed at about 2 a.m. Thursday on a mostly party-line 62-47 vote with one Republican, Rep. David Maturen, of Brady Township, joining all the Democrats in voting against the measure.” The news outlet also noted that in 2012, teleconferencing between doctors and their patients was made legal in the state, but abortion was excluded from this.<\/p>\n

“The technology has become especially useful to patients in rural areas who have limited access to hospitals and specialized physicians,” writes the Free Press. While this may be true, having limited access to a hospital emergency room or a physician could be life threatening for a woman who has just taken the abortion pill. This is evident as one reads the risks of the abortion pill in the video below, explained by former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino:<\/p>\n