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Ushma Upadhyay

Public health scientist and Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at UCSF, investigating abortion safety, access, and telehealth medication abortion.

May 8, 2026

Outlawed

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League of Mifepristone Defenders

May 8 · 35m

Jonas Swartz
Jonas SwartzHOST
17:19
... talk about some of the evidence that is used to argue against the safety of telehealth abortion, and what the problem is with that evidence.
Ushma UpadhyayGUEST
17:27
Yeah.
Ushma UpadhyayGUEST
17:27
There are a handful of reports.
Ushma UpadhyayGUEST
17:31
Some of them are studies.
Ushma UpadhyayGUEST
17:32
I like to call them reports because some of them are not peer-reviewed.
Ushma UpadhyayGUEST
17:35
Uh, they were just published on a website.
Ushma UpadhyayGUEST
17:38
One in particular, we call it the EPPC report.
Beverly GrayHOST
19:42
And when you have abortion care cut off, like your primary care provider is no longer able to provide that, then your primary care provider might be the emergency room.

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