Live Far From a Clinic? Telehealth Abortion Services Are on the Rise

PatJanuary 15, 2025

Women who live far from an abortion clinic depend on telehealth and mail to obtain access to medication abortion, a new study says.

Each 100-mile increase in distance from an abortion provider increased telehealth requests for abortion pills by about 61%, researchers reported in a new study published Jan. 8 in the American Journal of Public Health.

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By Pat