Abortion Pills – Page 8 – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

10 May

Vermont governor signs 1st-in-nation shield bills that explicitly include medicated abortion

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"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..."

09 May

Abortion providers sue FDA over abortion pill restrictions in Virginia, Montana, Kansas

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A group of abortion providers, including two clinics in Charlottesville and Alexandria, are suing the Food and Drug Administration in an effort to block potential new restrictions on the use of the abortion pill mifepristone in Virginia, Montana and Kansas.

08 May

Colorado Becomes First State to Ban So-Called Abortion Pill Reversals

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The Colorado legislature passed a bill to make prescribing any drug in this way medical misconduct, unless three of the state's medical boards find it is a "generally accepted standard of practice." Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed the bill into law on April 14. The bill also limits advertising by pregnancy resource centers opens in a new tab or window, which do not offer abortions; rather, they are known to try to talk people out of getting an abortion.

06 May

Planned Parenthood to continue mailing abortion pills to Danville

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"In light of Danville's ordinance banning abortion pills being shipped to patients, Planned Parenthood of Illinois is reminding residents they will continue providing the medicine to residents.."

06 May

Abortion pill legal challenge threatens miscarriage care

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"One of the most widely used treatments for miscarriage is in jeopardy. “Once I found out that the baby inside me was no longer viable, I didn’t want to just walk around carrying the emotional trauma of that,” said Phillips, a 41-year-old single mother of three from North Brookfield, Mass. “You just kind of want it finished. And the medication works pretty quickly.” But the future of this common miscarriage treatment is in peril. The pill, mifepristone, is used in abortions, making it a target..."

26 Apr

‘Daily Show’ Imagines World Where We Steal Our Dogs’ Abortion Pills

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"If you're a woman in Wyoming whose rights are being restricted, you might need to get creative" said guest host Desi Lydie

24 Apr

Japan approves first abortion pill, decades after other countries

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"A panel in Japan’s health ministry has approved the country’s first abortion pill, in a major step for reproductive rights decades after other countries made abortion medication widely available. The ministry’s pharmaceutical board granted approval on Friday..."

22 Apr

What the Supreme Court’s decision in the legal fight over abortion pills means for access to mifepristone

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"Access to mifepristone, one of the two pills involved in a medication abortion, will be preserved for now after the Supreme Court blocked a federal judge's ruling in Texas while litigation continues..."

21 Apr

Abortion pill: Supreme Court halts mail, telehealth restrictions on mifepristone

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"The Supreme Court on Friday allowed full access to the abortion pill mifepristone, resolving for now a massive and fast moving conflict over the drug while the underlying lawsuit is decided..."

20 Apr

The Supreme Court fight over an abortion pill: What’s next?

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"The Supreme Court initially gave itself a deadline of Wednesday to decide whether women seeking access to a widely used abortion pill would face more restrictions while a court case plays out. But on the day of the highly anticipated decision the justices had only this to say: We need more time..."