PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Payal Patel AU - Sumathi Narayana AU - Zoey Thill AU - Marji Gold AU - Allison Paul TI - Family Physicians’ Role in Simplifying Medication Abortion During the COVID-19 Pandemic AID - 10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200208 DP - 2021 Feb 01 TA - The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine PG - S33--S36 VI - 34 IP - Supplement 4099 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/Supplement/S33.short 4100 - http://www.jabfm.org/content/34/Supplement/S33.full SO - J Am Board Fam Med2021 Feb 01; 34 AB - Despite first trimester abortion being common and safe, there are numerousrestrictions that lead to barriers to seeking abortion care. The COVID-19 pandemic hasonly exacerbated these barriers, as many state legislators push to limit abortion accesseven further. During this pandemic, family physicians across the country haveincorporated telemedicine into their practices to continue to meet patient needs.Medication abortion can be offered to patients by telemedicine in most states, andmultiple studies have shown that labs, imaging, and physical exam may not beessential in all cases. Family physicians are well-poised to incorporate medicationabortion into their practices using approaches that limit the spread of the coronavirus,ultimately increasing access to abortion in these unprecedented times.