MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WordNews.org) Dec. 12, 2012 – Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is challenging a new law which requires that a woman wanting to purchase the morning after abortion pill to be seen in person.

Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit in federal court to drop the in-person requirement.

“As a leading provider of women’s health care in Wisconsin for 77 years, Planned Parenthood is committed to providing women with quality health care services without judgment,” said Teri Huyck, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Wisonsin. “We look forward to restoring women’s access to safe and legal nonsurgical abortion services in the near future.”

Wisconsin Right to Life said the abortion pill comes with its own risks.

“Planned Parenthood would rather expand its abortion empire by having women talk to an abortionist over a web cam. This is not good medicine and not good protection for women,” said Barbara Lyons, executive director of Wisconsin Right to Life.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the National Abortion Federation (NAF) guidelines for administration of RU 486 abortions call for a physical exam as step one prior to obtaining this type of abortion, Lyons said. The guidelines also recommend follow-up after 14 days to the abortion provider to ensure that the abortion is complete.

The FDA reports 14 maternal deaths and over 2,200 adverse incidents from use of RU 486 since 2000. Adverse incidents include 612 hospitalizations, 58 ectopic pregnancies, 339 blood transfusions, and 256 cases of infection.

“The two-drug RU 486 abortion process is neither simple nor without significant risk to women,” Lyons said. “The least we can do, as the State of Wisconsin has done, is to require that the woman be seen in person before these dangerous drugs are administered. We are confident that this law is clear in its intent and will be upheld.”