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The abortion pill case that has Ohio's senator calling on the attorney general to step in

Moreno asked the attorney general to consider federal charges after a Toledo-area doctor received a six-month sentence.

The abortion pill case that has Ohio's senator calling on the attorney general to step in
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Sen. Bernie Moreno asked Attorney General Todd Blanche to consider federal charges against a Toledo-area doctor who received a six-month sentence for forcing abortion pills on his girlfriend. Moreno also urged Blanche to swiftly conclude a federal court case involving mifepristone access.

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President during the period when the FDA formalized the change to in-person dispensing requirements.

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Moreno Asks DOJ to Review Ohio Doctor’s Abortion-Pills Case

Outlets agree Moreno asked the Justice Department to review an Ohio doctor’s case involving allegations that he forced abortion pills on a woman and to consider federal charges. Moreno also called for changing rules that allowed abortion medication to be prescribed remotely and mailed. Center outlets describe the case and Moreno’s request, including accounts from prosecutors, the woman and medical organizations. Right-leaning outlets stress his argument that Biden-era mail-order rules enabled the alleged abuse and his call to restore in-person dispensing.

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