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Judge refuses to reinstate rule for dispensing abortion pill

by Michael Kunzelman
| December 10, 2020 9:15 AM

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal judge in Maryland has denied the Trump administration's request to reinstate a rule that would require women to visit a hospital, clinic or medical office to obtain an abortion pill during the COVID-19 pandemic, noting that public health risks for patients only have grown worse.

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