PRESCRIPTION OF ABORTION DRUGS

Plain English Breakdown

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Rules for Prescribing Abortion Drugs in Alaska

This law requires health care providers to examine patients in person before giving abortion drugs, bans prescribing these drugs based only on online forms or emails without an existing relationship, and mandates a follow-up visit within 14 days.

What This Bill Does

• Requires physicians to comply with specific state laws when prescribing, dispensing, or administering abortion-inducing drugs via mail order or similar methods.
• Bans doctors and physician assistants from prescribing any drug in response to an internet questionnaire or email if they do not have a prior relationship with the patient.
• Mandates that health care providers conduct an in-person physical exam before giving abortion-inducing drugs.
• Requires scheduling a follow-up appointment within 14 days after the abortion ends.

Who It Names or Affects

• Physicians
• Physician assistants
• Health care providers who prescribe, dispense, or administer abortion-inducing drugs

Terms To Know

Abortion-inducing drug

A medicine used to end a pregnancy.

Prior physician-patient relationship

An existing medical connection between a doctor or provider and a patient before treatment starts.

Limits and Unknowns

• The official text does not state the specific date this law becomes effective.
• The bill does not explain what penalties apply if a provider fails to follow these new rules.

Official Summary Text

PRESCRIPTION OF ABORTION DRUGS
An Act relating to abortion-inducing drugs.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 326

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVES MCCABE, St. Clair

Introduced: 2/23/26
Referred: Health and Social Services, Judiciary

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to abortion-inducing drugs." 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
* Section 1. AS 08.64.364(c) is amended to read: 3
(c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, 4
(1) a physician may not prescribe, dispense, or administer an abortion-5
inducing drug under (a) of this section [UNLESS THE PHYSICIAN COMPLIES 6
WITH AS 18.16.010]; and 7
(2) a physician or physician assistant may not prescribe, dispense, or 8
administer a prescription drug in response to an Internet questionnaire or electronic 9
mail message to a person with whom the physician or physician assistant does not 10
have a prior physician-patient relationship. 11
* Sec. 2. AS 18.16.010 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 12
(k) A health care provider that prescribes, dispenses, or administers an 13
abortion-inducing drug to a person shall 14
(1) conduct an in-person physical examination of the person before 15
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prescribing, dispensing, or administering the abortion-inducing drug; and 1
(2) schedule a follow-up appointment, to occur not later than 14 days 2
after the abortion, to confirm that the pregnancy was terminated and assess continued 3
blood loss. 4