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Women can get abortion pills by mail without seeing a doctor in person, the F.D.A. ruled, widening access as some states move to ban the option.

Thursday, December 16, 2021 4:39 PM EST

The F.D.A.'s action means that medication abortion, an increasingly common method authorized in the United States for pregnancies up to 10 weeks' gestation, will become more available to women who find it difficult to travel to an abortion provider or prefer to terminate a pregnancy in the privacy of their homes.

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