Online Abortion Pill Orders Surged After Texas Ban. Researchers Say This Is Only the Beginning.

After the Supreme Court allowed the Texas six-week abortion ban SB 8 to go effect on September 1 last year, Austria-based telemedicine abortion provider Aid Access saw a sharp rise in Texans requesting abortion pills.

Researchers say that self-managed medication abortion could help preserve reproductive autonomy in the event of a Roe v. Wade reversal this June.