Abortion Pills

18 Jan

Study shows growing support nationwide for expanded access to abortion pills

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"Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in 2022 to allow states to regulate abortion access, support for expanded access to abortion pills has significantly increased, including among those living in states with abortion bans, according to a new study from the Journal of the American Medical Association. A sample of more than 7,000 women nationwide between the ages of 15 and 49 answered surveys in December 2021 prior to the Dobbs decision, and a random sampling of half the same population was surveyed again in June 2023 after the decision. The surveys gauged support for two models of expanded access to…
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16 Jan

Telehealth abortion reduces shame and lifts barriers, study shows

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Taking abortion pills at home helps reduce stigma associated with pregnancy termination, according to recent findings. “It’s intuitive to understand that people are afraid of protesters outside of abortion clinics. But I was surprised that some people would be afraid to be perceived as abortion patients,” said Andréa Becker, co-author of the study, a reproductive health researcher and a sociology professor at Hunter College in New York City.
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09 Jan

Proposal would outlaw use of abortion pills and tighten rape exception

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"A new bill would further clamp down on abortions in Indiana by banning procedures using pills and requiring women to file an affidavit of rape to meet one of the state’s few exceptions. Its future is uncertain since it was filed by a Senate Republican — Indianapolis Sen. Mike Young — who has clashed with caucus leadership over Indiana’s abortion ban. The ICC reached out for comment but received no response. “This is a government intrusion into medicine and healthcare with no other purpose but to put extreme ideology into law and take medical options away from patients,” said Indianapolis OB-GYN…
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08 Jan

Washington pharmacists prescribe abortion pills through new pilot program

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"A Washington state-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt to expand abortion access. Abortion is broadly legal in Washington state up to the point of fetal viability, which is generally considered to be between 24 and 26 weeks of pregnancy. But Dr. Beth Rivin, president and CEO of nonprofit Uplift International, said there are still many individuals who face barriers to abortion access in Washington because of where they live, how much money they make and other factors. Those people can benefit most from…
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07 Jan

With lawsuits and legislation, Texas Republicans take aim at abortion pills

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"Since the U.S. Supreme Court allowed states like Texas to ban nearly all abortions, the number of pregnancy terminations in the United States actually increased. This paradox, which pleases abortion advocates as much as it frustrates their conservative counterparts, hinges mostly on pills. An average of 2,800 Texans receive abortion-inducing medications through the mail each month from states that still allow abortion, according to #WeCount, a tracking project from the Society of Family Planning...."
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16 Dec

Texas’ abortion pill lawsuit against New York doctor marks new challenge to interstate telemedicine

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"Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit on Thursday in Collin County, and it was announced Friday. Such prescriptions, made online and over the phone, are a key reason that the number of abortions has increased across the U.S. even since state bans started taking effect. Most abortions in the U.S. involve pills rather than procedures. Mary Ruth…
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04 Dec

California lawmakers unveil new abortion protections ahead of Trump return to White House

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“California’s lawmakers unveiled two new pieces of legislation to protect abortion access in the state ahead of President-elect Trump’s return to the White House in January.  The first of the two bills seeks to protect Californians’ access to abortion, particularly medication abortion….”
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16 Nov

Do Abortion Pills Expire? What To Know About Stockpiling the Drugs

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"Last year, the majority of abortions in the United States were conducted using the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol.1 Demand for these medications surged after Donald Trump was elected to a second term, driven by fears that his administration would impose further restrictions on reproductive care. Currently, many Americans can get abortion pills by mail, even in states that have abortion restrictions.2 The abortion pills are 87–99% effective, depending on the timing and dosage.3 “Abortion, including use of abortion pills at home, is very safe. What’s dangerous is stigma and policies that restrict people from accessing reproductive health care,” Robin Wallace,…
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02 Oct

A new Louisiana law requires abortion meds to be locked in a cabinet, even if needed for emergency care

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“Louisiana’s first-in-the-nation law listing the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol as “controlled dangerous substances” took effect Tuesday, triggering fears among health-care providers and pharmacists that routine care may be worsened for women in the state. Beyond abortion, the medicines are used for miscarriage management and, in misoprostol’s case, to stop dangerous bleeding after childbirth, physicians say. Now, in Louisiana,misoprostol is required to be stored in a locked box like other controlled substances, which doctors fear could delay treatment in emergency situations….”
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20 Sep

Safety issues with medication abortion are extremely rare, experts emphasize

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"Two Georgia mothers, Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, died in 2022 because of a lack of care most likely tied to the state’s abortion ban, the nonprofit news outlet ProPublica reported this week. Both experienced complications after taking abortion medications, the reporting said — complications, doctors emphasized, that are exceedingly rare and entirely treatable. “To read about a mom just trying to make the best decisions for herself and her family die from something completely preventable in the United States – I don’t think ‘tragedy’ is a strong enough word,” said Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, an obstetrician/gynecologist and founder of Pegasus Health Justice Center in…
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16 Sep

How Do Abortion Pills Work? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

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“When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, strict bans on the procedure kicked in across the country, leaving women in at least 22 states with fewer options to end pregnancies that in some cases endangered their lives. ProPublica has uncovered at least two cases of women who died after their state banned abortion. In both cases, the women took pills to end their pregnancies and the abortion did not fully complete, causing complications, as can occur in a small number of cases involving abortion medication…”
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16 Sep

Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable.

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“In her final hours, Amber Nicole Thurman suffered from a grave infection that her suburban Atlanta hospital was well-equipped to treat. She’d taken abortion pills and encountered a rare complication; she had not expelled all of the fetal tissue from her body. She showed up at Piedmont Henry Hospital in need of a routine procedure to clear it from her uterus, called a dilation and curettage, or D&C. But just that summer, her state had made performing the procedure a felony, with few exceptions. Any doctor who violated the new Georgia law could be prosecuted and face up to a…
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