Ahmed Aboulenein

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A supplier of home-based abortion pills has experienced a surge in interest this week due to news that the Supreme Court will likely overturn a 1973 landmark decision that guaranteed nationwide abortion rights, Aid Access reported on Wednesday.

According to the court, the draft opinion, which indicated a change in the Roe V. Wade decision, was valid. It was released late Monday evening by Politico. According to the court, it does not reflect the final decision of the justices that was due by June end.

A rising number of U.S. States has implemented restrictions to restrict access to abortions. If the court makes a final ruling, many will ban this procedure.

These pills can be shipped by mail and not require a doctor’s visit.

Aid Access provides medication abortion access through the United States via telehealth services with headquarters in Austria.

Forward Midwifery’s CEO, Christie Pitney, stated that since leaked drafts, the number of women who request abortion pills prescriptions, or other information through their website, has more than tripled.

Pitney reported that total visitors to Aid Access site on Tuesday were 38,530. This is almost 2900% more visitors than Monday’s 1,290.

According to her, the surge of activity this week corresponds with “insanely greater numbers”.

Aid Access collaborates with U.S. prescribers such as Pitney to connect with patients and to send them prescriptions for abortion pills via telehealth in twenty states.

This group seeks to expand its reach to provide services in four additional states. There are 26 other states that have restrictions regarding abortion. 19 ban or limit the use of Telehealth for abortion. Aid Access collaborates with European doctors who can prescribe pills to patients through a mail-order Indian pharmacy.

Although these practices aren’t legal, U.S. government authorities acknowledged they don’t have an effective method of checking orders from foreign pharmacies or doctors. In March 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent a warning to this group and directed it not to send any more pills.

A medication abortion is when a woman takes the drug mifepristone to block progesterone. The second drug misoprostol induces contractions in the uterine. This allows them to terminate a pregnancy without having surgery. According to FDA, the pills can be used for up to 10 weeks.

Aid Access did not have any difficulty getting the drugs, made privately by GenBioPro for the U.S. Market and Danco Laboratories.

Pitney stated that he has spoken to many clinicians who have stockpiled the pills to ensure they are always available.

GenBioPro Laboratories, Danco Laboratories didn’t respond to my requests for comment.

Recently, medication abortion has become the most popular method to terminate a pregnancy in America. It accounts for 54%, according to preliminary findings from the Guttmacher Institute (an abortion rights advocacy group).

According to latest data, there were 862 300 abortions in 2017. Three nine percent of those abortions occurred via medication.