New York City health care providers will prescribe and deliver medical abortion pills “on demand” after virtual and phone appointments – the first program of its kind in the US, Mayor Eric Adams said Monday.
Hizzoner said the program is in response to a controversial US Supreme Court decision last year that banned federal rights to abortion, overturning the 50-year pro-choice Roe v. Wade precedent — even though New York still has among the strongest abortion rights laws in the country.
“Here in New York City, we will not allow the far right to continue its crusade to strip women of their reproductive rights,” Adams said in a statement.
“Access to abortion care is now available through telehealth visits at NYC Health + Hospitals sites from the comfort of home,” she said.
The “Virtual Express Care” program, operated by the city-run Health +Hospital system, will offer doctors and counselors for video and telephone health appointments for pregnancy and abortion care seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Women up to 10 weeks pregnant eligible to participate.
New York City health care providers can now deliver medical abortion pills after virtual and phone appointments. Getty Images
ExpressCare is a service that allows patients to receive virtual care from NYC Health + Hospitals providers using a smartphone, tablet or computer.
“If clinically appropriate and prescribed, patients will be able to receive a medication abortion kit at their New York City address within days,” the City Hall release said.
Health + Hospitals serve patients regardless of their ability to pay.
Mayor Adams says NYC won’t let right-wing conservatives take away women’s right to vote.Ed Reed/Office of the Mayor Photography
But the new telehealth video appointments and abortion care will be covered like other services, so patients with insurance may have to pay co-pays.
If patients cannot afford services or are uninsured, Virtual ExpressCare will provide care and connect patients to trained financial counselors who can help them enroll in health insurance coverage or financial assistance through NYC Care, Medicaid and Medicare, with each visit. fees as low as zero, depending on the patient’s income and family size.
“Last year, a Supreme Court activist overturned nearly 50 years of settled law by overturning Roe v. Wade, but New Yorkers know that access to safe and legal abortion care is a cornerstone of public health, and we will not stand idly by as this attack on women continues,” Adams said in announcing expanded access to abortion.
Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, two drugs used in medical abortion.AFP via Getty Images Mifepristone tablet, the first drug in medical abortion. Reuters
“In New York City, we will never stop fighting for women’s right to choose the care that is right for them, and we will never stop working to make abortion care more accessible to all New Yorkers. Telehealth abortion care allows the people in our lives to make the choices they need privately and safely, so they can decide what’s best for them and their future. This is about protecting women’s ability to control their own bodies, their choices, and their freedom,” Hizzoner said.
The mayor stated that the new abortion service builds on other services involving reproductive care after the supreme court decision.
The city previously announced an Abortion Access Hub that confidentially refers callers to abortion care and launched no-cost medication abortions at the city’s sexual health clinics.
Mifepristone is used with another pill, misoprostol, to abort a pregnancy during the first 11 weeks of pregnancy.
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