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In the wake of the FDA’s expansion of abortion pill access, Tennessee is advancing a bill that would slow the breakneck speed at which the pill is being made available in the interest of patient safety.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SB2281<\/span><\/a>, which passed the Tennessee state Senate Judiciary Committee on March 1, is a measure that aims to require physicians to administer abortion pills in person, as had been previously required by the FDA. In contrast to the expanding trend of telemedicine abortions that forgoes in-person examinations, the bill would require women to schedule in-person appointments with a qualified medical professional who would be able to handle abortion complications, including emergency transfer. <\/span><\/p>\n

The bill would also prevent the distribution of the pill in any school setting, including universities, where the level of care necessary might not be available.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These in-person measures were previously considered best practice for chemical abortions until abortion-supporting professional bodies such as the <\/span>American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)<\/span><\/a> removed these recommendations for political reasons. Will Brewer of Tennessee Right to Life pointed out that, because of this, similar laws have existed for a while \u2013 such as the REMS protocol that, until April 2021, federally governed the distribution of Mifeprex. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis law has been on the books for some time, that you have to be in the physical presence of the patient to do this,\u201d he told <\/span>WPLN<\/span><\/a>. \u201cBut there is no penalty or fine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:<\/strong>\u00a0Georgia Senate passes bill requiring in-person visits for abortion pill<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Under the proposed legislation, abortion pills would be prohibited from being delivered by mail, courier, or other delivery service, and pharmacies would not be allowed to dispense the pill \u2013 only the patient\u2019s doctor. Doctors or other non-patients who violate the law could be prosecuted for a low-level felony punishable by fines up to $50,000 and sanctions from the state\u2019s medical board.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A chemical abortion is done when a woman takes mifepristone, which blocks progesterone and cuts off the blood supply and nutrients to the baby. It also makes the cervix more receptive to misoprostol, the second pill in the two-pill regimen, which causes the contractions that expel the baby from the mother\u2019s uterus. The potential risks of the pill include hemorrhage, incomplete abortion, missed ectopic pregnancy, infection, and death. The abortion pill now accounts for the majority of abortions<\/a> in the United States<\/span>, and is stated to be\u00a0<\/span>four times more dangerous<\/span><\/a> than a first-trimester surgical abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a<\/span> Live Action<\/span><\/a>\u00a0investigation\u00a0has shown, abortion activists have been chipping away at abortion pill regulations for years, and they used the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext to further erode protections for women and preborn babies. ACOG <\/span>updated its best practices<\/span><\/a> in 2020 to reflect demand for abortion availability over patient safety, removing requirements such as dating ultrasounds and other crucial testing for ectopic pregnancy, among other things. Abortion activists have been seeking to normalize the abortion pill, as Live Action News <\/span>reported<\/span><\/a>, ignoring or downplaying its <\/span>risks<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tennessee Rep. Robin Smith introduced the bill. She described it as ensuring patient safety all around. “What this bill simply does is to establish protections for patients who, according to Planned Parenthood, could pass blood clots the size of a lemon as part of this chemical abortion,” Smith said, according to the <\/span>Tennessean<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the wake of the FDA’s expansion of abortion pill access, Tennessee is advancing a bill that would slow the breakneck speed at which the pill is being made available in the interest of patient safety.\u00a0 SB2281, which passed the Tennessee state Senate Judiciary Committee on March 1, is a measure that aims to require […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":606,"featured_media":245176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[9953,4,3473],"tags":[1908,8189,616,617,16134,690],"yoast_head":"\nTennessee seeks to keep abortion pill distribution under doctors' control<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The state of Tennessee is advancing a bill that would require in-person visits with a doctor in order for a woman to receive the abortion pill.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tennessee-abortion-pill-restriction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tennessee seeks to keep abortion pill distribution under doctors' control\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The state of Tennessee is advancing a bill that would require in-person visits with a doctor in order for a woman to receive the abortion pill.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tennessee-abortion-pill-restriction\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-03-06T21:17:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-03-04T21:24:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1225978940-woman-pill.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Nicole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraNicoleLAN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Nicole\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tennessee-abortion-pill-restriction\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tennessee-abortion-pill-restriction\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Nicole\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/559f5a34d7a649412e9356345992a870\"},\"headline\":\"Tennessee seeks to keep abortion pill distribution under doctors’ control\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-03-06T21:17:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-03-04T21:24:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/tennessee-abortion-pill-restriction\/\"},\"wordCount\":566,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"abortion pill\",\"abortion pill risks\",\"ACOG\",\"FDA\",\"Rep. 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