TAMPA, Fla. — There is an abortion method that doesn’t require surgery or anesthesia and federal regulators say it can be safely performed at home: abortion medication.
Florida law prohibits physicians from prescribing the drugs online or via the phone — a practice that was approved by federal regulators in 2020 — but anti-abortion activists want to go further.
John Stemberger, president of the Christian conservative Florida Family Policy Council, said he expects the state’s Republican-led Legislature will consider a six-week ban in next year’s session if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that found that women have the constitutional right to an abortion.
