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US reproductive health group offers telemedicine abortion service

Pro-abortion rights demonstrators protest outside of the US Supreme Court in November [File: Eric Kayne/AP Images For All]

An affiliate of the United States reproductive health nonprofit Planned Parenthood has announced on Tuesday that it started teleconferences with off-site doctors for patients seeking medication abortions at one of its Kansas clinics.

The move is seen as a small step towards potentially offering much broader abortion access in a state that has become a destination for the procedure after an August vote affirming abortion rights.

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