Georgia may not see expanded access to abortion pills despite FDA rule change

This story was updated at 12:26 p.m.

A United States Food and Drug Administration action this week ending enforcement of a mandate that women pick up medications that induce abortion in person is unlikely to change much for people seeking to end a pregnancy in Georgia, where state abortion restrictions remain in effect under House Bill 481.

In finalizing the Biden administration change that was initially implemented earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, the FDA is clearing the way for more pharmacies to eventually dispense the medication, called mifepristone.