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It might seem simple, but Christians wield immense power in America and will not hesitate to attempt to make their beliefs legislation. Opposition to this isn't coming from a logical argument about legality, it's about hindering abortion access at all costs.

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Uber broke the dictature of the local medalion laws, AirBnb broke the dictature of the local zoning and hotel laws,... I think there is a similarly or even larger business opportunity at technology based breaking of the dictature of those conservative/Christian/etc. forces at local and state levels.

In this case it'd be a much smaller subversion than AirBnb/Uber's as we've had fully legal medicine deliverable by mail for a long time.

Apples to oranges. Functionally no one builds their identity politics around being "pro-taxi-medallions" or "pro-zoning". In contrast, one of the major players in American politics made a concerted effort to fabricate a wedge issue (to mask their actual policies having become socially unpalatable), and spent decades pushing that narrative to cement it into identity politics.

[1] https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-ri...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/opinion/abortion-evangeli...

[3] https://www.npr.org/2019/06/20/734303135/throughline-traces-...

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