{"id":218,"date":"2022-08-21T22:24:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T05:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/?p=218"},"modified":"2022-09-29T22:31:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T05:31:59","slug":"telemedicine-abortion-its-not-as-easy-as-it-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/21\/telemedicine-abortion-its-not-as-easy-as-it-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Telemedicine abortion? It\u2019s not as easy as it sounds (opinion piece)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. saw a\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">massive 20-fold increase in telemedicine use<\/a>\u00a0during the COVID-19 pandemic, so more people are becoming familiar with its ins and outs. Telemedicine is also a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/1471-0528.15684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">safe<\/a>\u00a0way to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2022\/05\/20\/1099179361\/telehealth-abortions-are-simple-and-private-but-restricted-in-many-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prescribe<\/a>\u00a0medical abortion drugs to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/article\/telemedicine-abortions-offer-cheaper-options-but-may-also-undermine-critical-clinics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">low-risk<\/a>\u00a0patients\u00a0and can reduce back-and-forth travel to clinics for pre- or post-procedure appointments.\u00a0But telemedicine isn\u2019t without shortcomings \u2014 and there are several that abortion providers should pay particular attention to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/healthcare\/3608229-telemedicine-abortion-its-not-as-easy-as-it-sounds\/\">Read more at The Hill<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. saw a\u00a0massive 20-fold increase in telemedicine use\u00a0during the COVID-19 pandemic, so more people are becoming familiar with its ins and outs. Telemedicine is also a\u00a0safe\u00a0way to\u00a0prescribe\u00a0medical abortion drugs to\u00a0low-risk\u00a0patients\u00a0and can reduce back-and-forth travel to clinics for pre- or post-procedure appointments.\u00a0But telemedicine isn\u2019t without shortcomings \u2014 and there are several that abortion providers should &#8230; <a title=\"Telemedicine abortion? It\u2019s not as easy as it sounds (opinion piece)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/21\/telemedicine-abortion-its-not-as-easy-as-it-sounds\/\" aria-label=\"More on Telemedicine abortion? It\u2019s not as easy as it sounds (opinion piece)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[72],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-telemedicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions\/220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/no-rights-to-speak-of.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}