(The Center Square) – The nation’s largest pro-life organization filed an amicus brief Thursday in the U.S. Supreme Court asserting the impossibility of ensuring informed consent without an in-person doctor’s visit as it relates to the abortion pill, since anyone can order the drug online.
President of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Marjorie Dannenfelser told The Center Square that her organization’s brief “highlights how impossible it is to ensure the right to informed consent in this unregulated Wild West environment” surrounding the abortion pill.
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