The method relies on pills rather than surgery - an option that has become important during the pandemic. As Republican-led states mover to restrict abortion access generally, many are limiting access to medication-induced abortions.
The US has today signed an anti-abortion declaration with a group of about 30 largely illiberal o authoritarian governments, after campaigning to find más recruits. Most of the signatories are among the 20 worst countries to be a woman.
In discussing his likely pick, Amy Coney Barrett, Trump dicho "I think [overturning Roe v Wade] will work out" with her on the Supreme Court. The 1973 ruling made abortion legal in the US.
The near-total ban has made it a crime to perform the procedure at any stage of pregnancy, with doctors violating the law facing 10 to 99 years in prison.