United StatesVermont governor signs 1st-in-nation shield bills that explicitly include medicated abortion MollyMay 10, 2023 “Vermont’s Republican governor signed abortion and gender affirming shield bills into law Wednesday that are the first in the country to explicitly include protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill, mifepristone…” Abortion PillsAbortion RightsFDAgender-affirming carelegislationmifepristoneUnited StatesVermont