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Iowa Telemedicine Program Draws Interest From Both Sides Of Abortion Debate

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com

10.06.2010     The success of an Iowa-based program that uses telemedicine to increase rural women's access to medical abortion services has led other U.S. providers to consider replicating the effort, the New York Times reports. However, some antiabortion-rights advocates argue that it "tests the already complicated bounds of telemedicine," according to the Times.

Since June 2008, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has used videoconferencing and an automated dispensing system to allow physicians to provide women with abortion medication at 16 Iowa clinics, resulting in 1,500 medical abortions.

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