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    ACLU Sues To Increase Access To Abortion Pill

    The suit, being filed Tuesday challenges a longstanding regulation allowing the abortion pill to be dispensed only at a medical facility under the care of a certified provider.
    by Sarah McCammon Oct 03, 2017 2 minutes
    According to Food and Drug Administration regulations, abortion pill Mifeprex can only be dispensed at a medical facility under the care of a certified provider. The ACLU and many abortion rights advocates want it to be available at pharmacies.

    Dr. Graham Chelius has delivered hundreds of babies. But when a woman comes into his family medicine practice in Waimea, Hawaii, seeking an abortion, he can only advise her to buy a plane ticket.

    "There are no abortion providers on our island," Chelius said, "so if one of my patients wants to end her pregnancy, she has to

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