How doctors will handle abortions if mifepristone telehealth access is banned?

Doctors will help people have abortions using other ways if they can’t use a special medicine called mifepristone through telehealth.

Imagine you’re trying to open a locked door, but the key is on the other side of the door. That’s kind of what happens when mifepristone telehealth access is banned, doctors can still help, but they might need to use other keys or different doors.

Doctors might ask people to come in for a visit so they can give them mifepristone in person. That’s like getting the key from someone right there instead of sending it through the mail.

Or, if they can’t use mifepristone at all, they might switch to another method, like a pill called misoprostol, which is similar but works a little differently. It’s like having a backup key that also fits the lock.

If both medicines are banned or hard to get, doctors might do something else, like a simple procedure in the clinic. That’s like unlocking the door by turning the handle instead of using a key. It still works, but it’s just a different way.