Restrictions on Medication Abortion

State

Must be provided by physicianPatient must have in-person visit with physicianGestational age limit for provisionPatient must take first dose in the presence of physicianMailing of abortion pills banned

 

Alaska

X

 

 

  

Arizona

X

X

 

 
X

Florida

X

 

 

  

Georgia*

X

 

 

  

Iowa

X

 

  

Kansas

X

 

 

Michigan

X

 

 

  

Minnesota

 

 

  

Montana

 

 

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Nebraska

X

X

 

  

Nevada

X

 

 

  

North Carolina

X

X

 

  

Ohio

X

 

 

Pennsylvania

X

 

 

  

South Carolina*

X

X

 

  
Utah

X

    

Wisconsin

X

X

 

X

 

TOTAL

15

5

0

1
1

 

Note: Fourteen states with restrictions are not included on the table because they have a near-total ban on abortion in effect that supersedes any other restrictions on medication abortion (Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia).

Permanently blocked by court order; law not in effect.

Temporarily blocked by court order; law not in effect.

* State bans abortion at six weeks.

‡ Wyoming enacted a law that would have banned medication abortion beginning in July 2023; however, a judge temporarily blocked the law from taking effect while a case against it proceeds.

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