Abortion Pills – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

30 May

Medication abortion is available — for now. But reproductive rights could still shape the midterms.

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Even without a Supreme Court court ruling restricting abortion rights, Democrats in tight races are likely to keep the consequences of bans in their midterm campaigns.

24 May

Reproductive Coercion and Abortion

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Abortion advocates have countered that laws regulating abortion drugs are counterproductive and that abortion coercion is not a serious concern compared to the frequency with which women are coerced to get pregnant or carry a pregnancy to term.

23 May

What The Abortion Pill Case Could Mean For The Workforce And Healthcare

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Access to reproductive healthcare has been in the spotlight. Before Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, I unpacked the ways in which reproductive healthcare access is not only a social issue, but also an economic issue.

22 May

CA Attorney General Bonta Urged U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Telehealth Access to Mifepristone, Welcomes Temporary Halt of Fifth Circuit Ruling

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Co-leading a coalition of 22 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania, California Attorney General Rob Bonta this morning urged the U.S. Supreme Court to halt a recent appellate decision that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication, by reinstating a medically unnecessary requirement that it be dispensed in person. In an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court, Attorney General Bonta and the coalition argue that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s May 1, 2026 ruling is not supported by science, would create regulatory and administrative chaos nationwide, and would interfere with states’ ability to…

17 May

With legal briefs in, Supreme Court weighs telehealth access for the abortion pill

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A federal appeals court ruling on May 1 immediately rolled back telemedicine access to mifepristone nationwide. Two drugmakers appealed to the Supreme Court right away. For several days, it was not clear what the appeals court ruling meant in the real world.

16 May

In rural Appalachia, abortion pill offers reproductive choice and privacy − but police may see a crime

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A 35-year-old Kentucky woman was arrested in late 2025, accused of taking abortion pills that she ordered online.

15 May

The Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth

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The Supreme Court decided to keep the status quo in place for medication abortion access Thursday.

15 May

Medication abortion isn’t going away, even if access to mifepristone is restricted

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Access to medication abortion has changed and then changed again, leaving doctors and patients confused.

14 May

Abortion pills are saving women’s lives. The right is trying to eliminate them

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The supreme court has kicked the can down the road after a federal court sought to ban the mailing of mifepristone

11 May

U.S. Repro Watch: Seven Updates You Won’t Want to Miss

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Supreme Court temporarily blocks abortion pill restriction, Tennessee silences women denied abortions, and more news on U.S. reproductive rights. More...

10 May

Louisiana v. FDA: Abortion Pill Access Under Fire

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Requests for telehealth abortion care have doubled since Roe v. Wade was overturned. This case directly targets that remaining lifeline.

08 May

Supreme Court gives abortion pill mifepristone a 1-week reprieve from a major change

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Monday put a one-week hold on major changes to how the abortion pill mifepristone can be prescribed. The ruling temporarily restores nationwide access to a drug used for most medication abortions in the U.S.

08 May

Here’s how medication abortion works with just one drug that’s still fully available

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A panel of federal appeals court judges changed rules for a medicine called mifepristone. For more than two decades, mifepristone has been used with another drug, misoprostol, for most medication abortions in the U.S.

07 May

Maryland Attorney General Brown and 22 others File Briefs Urging Supreme Court to Stay Restrictions on Mifepristone

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Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a coalition of 22 states and the District Columbia in urging the Supreme Court of the United States to stay a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that would restrict access to mifepristone, a safe and effective abortion medication.

07 May

Reproductive Freedom for All Condemns Fifth Circuit Decision Gutting Telehealth Access to Mifepristone Nationwide

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided with anti-abortion extremists and reinstated medically unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone—a safe and effective medication that has been FDA-approved for more than 25 years and is used in the majority of abortion care in the United States. Two of the judges on the panel that issued this decision were nominated by Trump during his first administration and had robust anti-abortion records prior to their confirmation.