The case appears to be the first instance of criminal charges against a doctor accused of sending abortion pills to another state, at least since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 and opened the door for states to have strict anti-abortion laws.
Are the drugs supposed to fall off accidentally from a plane, and pregnant women that need the drug just so happen to find a box on the ground?
Pretty much, yeah.
Saying they’re going to punish women for abortions is a bridge too far even for some (key word: some) Republicans. All they care about is getting around the public relations headache that would come with penalizing pregnant women. Saying that pregnant women will not be penalized for obtaining these pills so long as they obtained them during a full moon on a Saturday between 3:00 and 3:00:01 AM in years where the final digit is even means that they can technically say that there are scenarios where pregnant women will not be penalized, and that technicality is all they care about. The fact that it would never, ever happen in a real world situation is irrelevant. It could. And to them, that’s all that matters.