Formation | March 2018 |
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Founder | Rebecca Gomperts |
Type | Nonprofit organization[1]: 1 |
Headquarters | Austria |
Services | Telemedicine prescription of medication abortion pills for delivery by mail |
Website | www |
Aid Access is a nonprofit organization that provides access to medication abortion by mail to the United States and worldwide. It describes its work as a harm reduction strategy designed to provide safe access to mifepristone and misoprostol for those able to become pregnant in the United States who may not otherwise have access to abortion or miscarriage management services.[2] People are able to manage their own abortion with remote access to a physician and a help-desk for any questions. The website is available in English, Spanish, and Dutch.
Aid Access was founded by Rebecca Gomperts, a Dutch physician, in March 2018.[3] In 2019, Aid Access received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that they were not authorized to distribute generic mifepristone in the US. Aid Access in turn sued the FDA, stating that they were helping women exercise their constitutional right to abortion. The FDA pursued no further legal action, and the lawsuit ended. In 2021, the FDA made telemedicine abortion permanently legal.[4]
Over subsequent years, the number of requests for their service has risen to average over 100 per day. In 2021, they started offering "advanced provision" pills, whereby someone can order the pills ahead of time in case they might need them in the future.
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