Almost five years ago, Amy Hagstrom Miller, the founder of Whole Woman’s Health, became one of the first U.S. abortion providers to use video technology allowing doctors to prescribe drugs to end unwanted pregnancies.
Doctors at Miller’s clinic in Austin, Texas, could consult and prescribe the pills to women in McAllen, about 300 miles away on the Mexican border, via phone and video conference. The so-called telemedicine eliminated drive time for physicians and doubled to 24 the number of days per month the service was offered.
