JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are likely to approve a bill requiring a doctor to personally oversee the administration of abortion-inducing drugs and requiring the woman to return for a follow-up exam two weeks later.
The House voted 84-30 Friday to approve a House-Senate compromise on Senate Bill 2795. If the Senate approves, it would go to Gov. Phil Bryant for his signature.
The bill would bar physicians from prescribing the drugs remotely after consulting a patient by teleconference.
The compromise avoided earlier language that would have required another visit to take medication and banned doctors from prescribing the drug for women more than seven weeks pregnant.
Only a physician could prescribe the drugs under the proposed law, and the physician would have to report every prescription to the state Department of Health.
