abortion-medication

Operation Save America anti-abortion event offers mixed messages of calls to violence

BY: - July 22, 2023

Protesters filled several blocks of sidewalk outside A Preferred Women’s Health Center of Atlanta on Friday morning, the fourth day of protests there this week. Many wore T-shirts and held signs to declare which side they were on, and several congregated near the parking lot entrance to speak into microphones and tell any abortion clinic […]

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How has the Supreme Court’s decision on mifepristone affected abortion access? | Analysis

BY: - April 27, 2023

4 questions answered on the high court's ruling.

Pa. Gov. Shapiro: U.S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion pill is a ‘relief,’ but a ‘long road ahead’

BY: , and - April 21, 2023

'As long as I serve the people of Pennsylvania, I will always protect your freedom to choose,' Shapiro said.

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When science and politics collide | Editorial Cartoon

BY: - April 15, 2023

A fight over the abortion pill appears headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

Texas judge’s abortion pill ruling supported by 69 Republicans in Congress

BY: - April 12, 2023

U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, R-16th District, is among the GOP signatories.

The new regulation is part of the Murphy administration's push to expand access to abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court's Dodd decision. (Dana DiFilippo | New Jersey Monitor).

Biden administration proposes to strengthen patient privacy for those seeking abortions

BY: - April 12, 2023

The announcement comes amid two major ongoing federal court cases dealing with access to the abortion pill.

U.S. Department of Justice asks appeals court to pause abortion pill ruling

BY: and - April 10, 2023

The request argued the Texas judge’s ruling was 'especially unwarranted given the balance of harms.'

Physicians react to ruling placing abortion pill use in jeopardy

BY: and - April 7, 2023

'Any delay in abortion care is unnecessary and cruel, and it’s a dangerous precedent to deny access to a safe medication that science tells us is safe,' a physician said.

The FDA approved mifepristone under the brand-name Mifeprex in 2000, and an abortion-drug regimen that has seen few deaths and a low rate of adverse events in more than two decades of use.  (Peter Dazeley/GettyImages)

Federal judge orders abortion pill off U.S. market but immediate appeal expected

BY: and - April 7, 2023

'Abortion should be legal and accessible, whether it is performed in-clinic or by medication,' Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates Executive Director Signe Espinoza said.

The FDA approved mifepristone under the brand-name Mifeprex in 2000, and an abortion-drug regimen that has seen few deaths and a low rate of adverse events in more than two decades of use.  (Peter Dazeley/GettyImages)

With abortion pill’s future in the balance, Democrats in Congress see little they can do

BY: - April 6, 2023

Democrats need to ensure 'the issue of abortion is a woman's issue, not a governmental issue,' U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said.

In addition to creating confusion and fear of jail time for health care providers and patients, state abortion bans have led to women and girls being denied emergency medical care to maternity wards closing to an increasing shortage of OB-GYNs. (Getty Images)

What plaintiffs targeting abortion pill want might not even be possible

BY: - March 21, 2023

Despite the plaintiffs’ claims that medication abortion is dangerous, there is ample evidence of its efficacy and safety.

Ending a pregnancy in 14 states leaves few options. Some are looking to Europe and India for help

BY: - March 21, 2023

States with abortion bans struggle to stop mailed abortion pills from overseas.