This should get interesting:
In a statement Friday, President Joe Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, said the Justice Department will protect abortion providers and those seeking abortions in states where it is legal and will “work with other arms of the federal government that seek to use their lawful authorities to protect and preserve access to reproductive care.”
“In particular, the FDA has approved the use of the medication mifepristone,” he added. “States may not ban mifepristone based on disagreement with the FDA’s expert judgment about its safety and efficacy.”
Of course, South Dakota authorities are going to have an impossible task to intercept all mail (violation of federal law), and then prosecute prescribing doctors who are not in South Dakota. Or maybe not even in the US! Most states will refuse to extradite citizens who do things that are not crimes in that state.
As for the very small number of women who need medical care after a pill-induced abortion, It's impossible to tell one from a natural miscarriage, and about 20% of pregnancies end in a natural miscarriage.
