Post by Logan on Jun 22, 2016 21:17:49 GMT -6
Texas abortion providers say the percentage of women at their clinics opting for drug-induced abortions to terminate early pregnancies has climbed significantly since March — when the federal Food and Drug Administration updated its rules for the medication.
Representatives from Whole Woman’s Health and Planned Parenthood say drug-induced abortions dropped dramatically after Texas lawmakers passed House Bill 2 in 2013. Among other restrictions, that measure requires providers to narrowly follow FDA guidelines for taking the medicine instead of updated evidence-based protocols.
The original FDA label for mifepristone — which induces abortions when taken with a second drug called misoprostol — was based on medical evidence from the 1990s. The FDA's March change reduces the drug dosage, decreases the number of visits a woman must make to the doctor from three to two and extends how long into her pregnancy she can take the drug from seven weeks to 10. Those are medically accepted guidelines that providers in most states, including Texas, had already been following before HB 2 passed.
Women in Texas must still make an additional trip to the doctor under state law, meaning their visits were reduced from four to three.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/06/22/medical-abortions-rise-since-fda-updated-rules/
Representatives from Whole Woman’s Health and Planned Parenthood say drug-induced abortions dropped dramatically after Texas lawmakers passed House Bill 2 in 2013. Among other restrictions, that measure requires providers to narrowly follow FDA guidelines for taking the medicine instead of updated evidence-based protocols.
The original FDA label for mifepristone — which induces abortions when taken with a second drug called misoprostol — was based on medical evidence from the 1990s. The FDA's March change reduces the drug dosage, decreases the number of visits a woman must make to the doctor from three to two and extends how long into her pregnancy she can take the drug from seven weeks to 10. Those are medically accepted guidelines that providers in most states, including Texas, had already been following before HB 2 passed.
Women in Texas must still make an additional trip to the doctor under state law, meaning their visits were reduced from four to three.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/06/22/medical-abortions-rise-since-fda-updated-rules/