Since Trump stepped into office five weeks ago, it has been a non-stop barrage of news alerts with an unhealthy dose of doomscrolling. Are you with us?
This includes the battle to keep medication abortion available to patients everywhere. In a case that is widely expected to make its way to the Supreme Court, a Texas Judge has ordered a New York doctor to stop prescribing and sending medication abortion pills.
Since the fall of Roe, patients who live in states with abortion bans have relied on telehealth to access medication abortion, which accounts for 63% of all abortions. In recent months, conservative lawmakers have ramped up their efforts against doctors who prescribe the safe, effective and FDA-approved two-drug regimen.
Here’s your biweekly roundup of actions you can take:
Tell Congress Not to Fund Mass Deportations
Congress is debating adding hundreds of billions of dollars for immigration enforcement.
Tell your members of Congress to vote no on the proposed budget and fund our communities instead.
Abortion for Coalition for Telemedicine (ACT) is the only nationwide advocacy organization working to proactively advance telemedicine abortion in all 50 states. It was co-founded by Dr. Margaret Daley, the doctor involved with the Shield Law case in New York.
By providing clinicians with the direct legal and technical support needed to operate an interstate telemedicine practice, ACT works to close the abortion accessibility gap for all patients – regardless of their zip codes.
Thank you for showing up in big and small ways — by reading this blog, by staying engaged, and by continuing to fight alongside us.
Together, through our collective action and strength, we know we can get through this.
