Belluck explains that California lawmakers have passed a bill that will protect abortion rights outside of even California itself. Omitting patients' names from pill bottles allows those patients to order the pills without the fear of facing legal repercussions in a state where abortion is illegal.
The lack of a name on a pill bottle means that there is no evidence in a court of law as to who could have taken those pills or ordered them, provided there is no postage submitted as evidence. The bill was developed specifically to make it harder for states with abortion bans to prosecute people who may receive an abortion this way.
