Mississippi Banned Mail-Order Abortions. Other States Should Follow Suit

Mississippi has banned the prescription and distribution of abortion-inducing drugs, one of the most common methods used to terminate a pregnancy in the United States, even in states with strong laws restricting abortion.Mississippi’s Republican Governor Tate Reeves signed House Bill 1613 into law last week. The bill amends the state’s drug trafficking laws to make it illegal to sell, prescribe, or distribute an “abortion-inducing drug,” which is defined as “a medicine, drug or any other substan