NEJM Interview: Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler on the legal argument that permitting telehealth access to mifepristone can abet reproductive coercion.
About this episode
Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler discusses the legal implications of telehealth access to mifepristone and its potential link to reproductive coercion.
Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler is a professor of health services, policy and practice at the Brown University School of Public Health and of family medicine and medical science at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Executive Managing Editor of the Journal. E. Tobin-Tyler and G. Chalker. Telehealth Access to Mifepristone — Evaluating Reproductive-Coercion Arguments. N Engl J Med 2026;395:833-835.
People in this episode
Host: Stephen Morrissey
Guest: Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler
Topics covered
- telehealth
- mifepristone
- reproductive coercion
- health policy
- family medicine
Keywords
- telehealth
- mifepristone
- reproductive coercion
- health services
- policy
- family medicine
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Brown University School of Public Health, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, NEJM
Books & works: Telehealth Access to Mifepristone — Evaluating Reproductive-Coercion Arguments, N Engl J Med 2026;395:833-835
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