In the nearly three weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortion has become illegal in at least 10 states, with more states to follow in the weeks ahead.
That means doctors and other health care providers in those states can no longer perform the clinical procedure or prescribe the medications used to end an early pregnancy.
But abortion rights advocates and the Biden administration want people living in the 26 states with current or impending abortion bans to have another option: receiving abortion medications through the mail after consulting with a physician in another state or overseas via phone or online.
