Last summer, US President Joe Biden criticized states attempting to restrict access to abortion pills. In response, Biden directed the Food and Drug Administration to protect access, saying that “extremist governors and state legislatures” that were “looking to block the mail or search a person’s medicine cabinet or control a woman’s actions by tracking data on her apps she uses” were “wrong” and “out-of-touch” with “the majority of Americans.” Now, the FDA has taken its biggest step yet to expand access to abortions by allowing retail pharmacies to sell medications by mail order or in drugstores.
