Women seeking medication abortions face increasing state restrictions as FDA weighs action

Article originally appeared in NBC News on July 31st, 2021.

The coronavirus had started to shut much of the country down in March 2020 when Larada Lee found out she was six weeks pregnant. She wanted to end her pregnancy and decided that instead of a surgical abortion, she would use medication, a process she could complete at home. This, she thought, was her best chance of limiting her exposure to Covid-19.