Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Louisiana’s Republican governor Jeff Landy has signed a first-in-the-country law that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances. “This bill protects women across Louisiana and I was proud to sign this bill into law today.” Opponents of the bill included many physicians who said the drugs have other critical reproductive health care uses, and that changing the classification could make it harder to prescribe the medications. The bill began as a measure to create the crime of “coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud.” An amendment adding the abortion drugs to the Schedule IV classification of Louisiana's Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law was pushed by Sen. Thomas Pressly, a Republican from Shreveport and the main sponsor of the bill. Jeff Landry addresses members of the House and Senate on opening day of a legislative special session, Feb. 19, 2024 “Requiring an abortion inducing drug to be obtained with a prescription and criminalizing the use of an abortion drug on an unsuspecting mother is nothing short of common-sense," Landry said in a statement.

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Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
13 hours, 35 minutes ago

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action

Associated Press  

Opponents of abortion are increasingly focusing on restricting access to pills, which are the most common way to end a pregnancy in the U.S. This month, the Texas attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against a New York doctor, saying she violated Texas law by prescribing abortion pills to a patient there via telemedicine. A survey conducted for the Society …

New York doctor sued for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine
1 week, 2 days ago

New York doctor sued for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against …

Texas' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine
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1 week, 2 days ago

Texas' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine

Huff Post  

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. “Will doctors be more afraid to mail pills into Texas, even if they might be protected by shield laws …

Trump Claims He’s Committed To Keeping Abortion Pills Accessible
1 week, 4 days ago

Trump Claims He’s Committed To Keeping Abortion Pills Accessible

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump gave his clearest answer to date about the future of abortion pills under his administration in a new interview with Time magazine. Later, when pressed about his answer, Trump said it’s “unlikely, very unlikely” that his FDA would strip access to abortion pills. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments on abortion pills suggest he may be breaking …

California Rolls Out More Abortion Protections Ahead Of Trump's Return
2 weeks, 6 days ago

California Rolls Out More Abortion Protections Ahead Of Trump's Return

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In anticipation of more hostility toward abortion under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, California lawmakers announced two new pieces of legislation Monday aimed at protecting medication abortion and punishing local governments that interfere with access to reproductive health care. California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks at a news conference in front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San …

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including its explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy
1 month ago

Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including its explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy

LA Times  

Mifepristone, a medication used in combination to end a pregnancy, was banned under a law struck down by a state judge in Wyoming. A state judge this week struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state …

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike

LA Times  

Anti-abortion activists say there is still work to be done to further restrict access to abortion when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House next year. They point to the federal guidance that the administration of President Biden released around emergency abortions, requiring that hospitals provide them for women whose health or life is at risk, and its easing …

The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide
54 years, 11 months ago

The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide

Slate  

On Tuesday, many Americans simultaneously voted to protect abortion rights and elect Donald Trump president. Trump’s second administration is all but guaranteed to impose major federal restrictions on abortion access. And although the drug is generally banned in states that prohibit abortion, blue states have set up “shield laws” that allow their providers to prescribe and mail it to red-state …

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims

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Why Record Numbers of People Who Aren’t Pregnant Are Ordering Abortion Medication
2 months ago

Why Record Numbers of People Who Aren’t Pregnant Are Ordering Abortion Medication

Slate  

Since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, a growing number of people in the United States are buying abortion pills and keeping them on hand just in case they need them in the future. Some states have been removing the “known pregnancy” requirements since Dobbs, potentially making it easier to prosecute advance provision, missed period pills, and other …

Republicans Just Renewed Their Attack On Abortion Pills
2 months ago

Republicans Just Renewed Their Attack On Abortion Pills

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republicans renewed their nationwide attack on abortion pills in a complaint filed last Friday against the Food and Drug Administration. The state attorneys general, as well as previous plaintiffs, seek to significantly roll back access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs that’s been widely and safely used in medication abortion since the FDA first approved it …

Abortion pills will be controlled substances in Louisiana soon. Doctors have concerns
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortion pills will be controlled substances in Louisiana soon. Doctors have concerns

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Two Georgia deaths are tied to abortion restrictions. Experts say abortion pills they took are safe
3 months ago

Two Georgia deaths are tied to abortion restrictions. Experts say abortion pills they took are safe

Associated Press  

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to speak about abortion Friday in Georgia, where two women’s deaths have been tied to a state law that mostly bans the procedure after roughly six weeks. Abortion opponents say the more lax restrictions resulted in many more “emergency complications.” But that argument lumps together women experiencing a range of issues with mifepristone — …

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant

LA Times  

Tablets of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions, sit on a counter in a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames, Iowa. Iowa’s strict abortion law went into effect Monday, immediately prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. “I’m glad that the Iowa Supreme Court has upheld the will of the people …

Editorial: Don’t be fooled by Trump’s and Republicans’ abortion myths
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Editorial: Don’t be fooled by Trump’s and Republicans’ abortion myths

LA Times  

Community members gather to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe vs. Wade and Kentucky’s trigger law to ban abortion at Circus Square Park in Bowling Green, Ky., in June 2022. In California, abortion is legal up to the point of the fetus’ viability to survive outside the uterus, which is around 24-25 weeks — or later if the …

The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone isn’t the last word on the abortion pill
6 months, 1 week ago

The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone isn’t the last word on the abortion pill

Associated Press  

The Supreme Court ‘s ruling on technical grounds Thursday keeps the abortion pill mifepristone available in the U.S. for now, but it won’t be the last word on the issue, and the unanimous opinion offers some clues for how abortion opponents can keep trying to deny it to women nationwide. “The decision is good that the doctors don’t have standing,” …

US Supreme Court maintains access to the abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

US Supreme Court maintains access to the abortion pill mifepristone

Hindustan Times  

The United States Supreme Court has rejected a bid to restrict access to a medication used in abortions, thereby ending abortion opponents' attempts to limit access to the operation, reported Al Jazeera. The US Supreme Court preserved full access to a widely used abortion pill in a case that carried major stakes for reproductive rights and election-year politics. In 2022, …

Supreme Court throws out challenge to key abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court throws out challenge to key abortion pill mifepristone

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Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A ruling on Thursday found that the group …

Abortion pill access is unchanged after the Supreme Court’s decision. Here’s what you need to know
6 months, 1 week ago

Abortion pill access is unchanged after the Supreme Court’s decision. Here’s what you need to know

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Access to the abortion pill mifepristone will not change after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected an effort Thursday by anti-abortion groups to roll back its availability, a win for abortion rights supporters and millions of women in states where abortion is legal. Despite the ruling, women’s access to mifepristone still largely depends on a patchwork of state …

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The nine justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food …

Supreme Court won’t restrict access to abortion pill
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court won’t restrict access to abortion pill

Politico  

Thursday’s decision shifts the spotlight to conservatives’ other strategies to limit access to the drug, such as lobbying state legislators to pass laws prohibiting its use and paving the way for new restrictions in a potential second Trump administration. The high court’s decision does not prevent future administrations from rolling back access to mifepristone; it merely holds that anti-abortion doctors …

Editorial: Supreme Court keeps medication abortion safe — for now
6 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Supreme Court keeps medication abortion safe — for now

LA Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a challenge to mifepristone, one of the two pharmaceuticals used for medication abortion. The Supreme Court did the right thing Thursday by unanimously ruling against a challenge to the safety of mifepristone, the first of two drugs used in medication abortions. Of course, this wasn’t the court protecting access to abortion, which it …

Challenge to abortion drug rejected by U.S. Supreme Court
6 months, 1 week ago

Challenge to abortion drug rejected by U.S. Supreme Court

Salon  

On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected a challenged restricting access to mifepristone, the first drug used in a medication abortion. The court’s decision in the case U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine ruled against Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, an organization of anti-abortion activists backed by the Christian right-wing lobbying group Alliance Defending Freedom, who brought the …

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone

Al Jazeera  

The United States Supreme Court has rejected a bid to curb access to a drug used in abortions, ending an attempt by abortion opponents to limit access to the procedure. In a 9-0 ruling on Thursday, the justices overturned a lower court’s decision last year to limit access to the drug mifepristone, used in more than half of abortions in …

What to Know About the Abortion Pill After the Supreme Court Ruling
6 months, 1 week ago

What to Know About the Abortion Pill After the Supreme Court Ruling

Bloomberg  

The US Supreme Court on June 13 preserved the current level of access to medication abortion, the most common method of terminating a pregnancy in the country. The conservative-majority court unanimously ruled that anti-abortion doctors and organizations that sued in an attempt to overrule the way the Food and Drug Administration regulates the abortion pill mifepristone, which is commonly available …

Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Opponents of the bill included many physicians who said the drugs have other critical reproductive health care uses, and that changing the classification could make it harder to prescribe the medications. The bill began as a measure …

Louisiana lawmakers vote to restrict abortion pill
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Louisiana lawmakers vote to restrict abortion pill

Raw Story  

Republican lawmakers in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana gave final approval Thursday to a bill that would criminalize possession of abortion pills without a prescription. The bill comes as abortion rights are being hotly debated ahead of November's presidential election pitting Democratic incumbent Joe Biden against likely Republican challenger Donald Trump. "This is a direct result of Trump overturning …

Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances
7 months ago

Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

Associated Press  

— Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Supporters of the reclassification of mifepristone and misoprostol, commonly known as “abortion pills,” say it would protect expectant mothers from coerced abortions, though they …

Louisiana lawmakers OK bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances
7 months ago

Louisiana lawmakers OK bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

LA Times  

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Supporters of the …

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors
7 months ago

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

Associated Press  

— Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make it a crime to possess two abortion-inducing drugs without a prescription, a move that doctors fear could prevent them from adequately treating their patients in a timely manner. More than 200 doctors signed a letter to lawmakers saying the measure could produce a “barrier to physicians’ ease of prescribing …

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors
7 months ago

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced …

Fox News host pushes risky abortion 'reversal' pill that is 'not supported by science'
7 months, 1 week ago

Fox News host pushes risky abortion 'reversal' pill that is 'not supported by science'

Raw Story  

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy pushed women who are having abortions to seek a "reversal" of the process even though the procedure is not supported by scientific studies. After a Mother's Day segment on faith-based pregnancy centers on Sunday, Campos-Duffy said she met one family who had successfully stopped a chemical abortion before the pregnancy was terminated. The American College …

Abortion-pill foes get a chilly reception at the Supreme Court
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortion-pill foes get a chilly reception at the Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS were thrilled when Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. With her husband, Senator Josh Hawley, watching from the public gallery, she told the justices that the FDA’s policy on mifepristone left her clients facing a “Hobson’s choice”. “Shouldn’t somebody be able to challenge that in court?” That’s quite unlikely, replied Elizabeth Prelogar, the solicitor-general who ably defended …

Supreme Court restricting mifepristone would be a "slippery slope" for future drugs
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court restricting mifepristone would be a "slippery slope" for future drugs

Salon  

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could restrict access to mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, nationwide. “Since its approval over two decades ago, mifepristone has been used by more than 5 million people in the U.S. to end pregnancies through abortion or to support miscarriage care.” McGill Johnson said “we …

5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court
8 months, 3 weeks ago

5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could have far-reaching implications for millions of American women and for scores of drugs regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Chief Justice John Roberts “Why can’t the court specify that this relief runs to precisely …

The Current Attack on Abortion Pills Will Fail. The Next One Will Be So Much Worse.
54 years, 11 months ago

The Current Attack on Abortion Pills Will Fail. The Next One Will Be So Much Worse.

Slate  

There are always a couple of tells when the most conservative Supreme Court in more than a century finds itself adjudicating a truly mortifying and meritless case. This case is about a handful of physicians seeking to wield their “conscience objections” to abortion as a cudgel against everyone’s access to safe reproductive care throughout the country. As Justice Ketanji Brown …

Supreme Court Justices Question Why Abortion Pill Suit Is In Front Of Them
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Justices Question Why Abortion Pill Suit Is In Front Of Them

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Supreme Court arguments on Tuesday, regarding the legality of federal regulations allowing the distribution of the abortion drug mifepristone through the mail, hinged on whether the anti-abortion doctors association that brought the case had standing to sue in the first place. Meanwhile, Alito, the author of the court’s 2022 majority decision overturning Roe v. Wade, pressed Prelogar …

Supreme Court seems concerned about whether abortion opponents have a right to sue over medication
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court seems concerned about whether abortion opponents have a right to sue over medication

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington, Mar 26 Supreme Court justices seemed concerned on Tuesday about whether abortion opponents have the right to sue over a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the US last year, in the court's first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration's top …

The next Supreme Court abortion rights battle is coming for the most common form of care
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The next Supreme Court abortion rights battle is coming for the most common form of care

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Restricting abortion doesn’t make it less necessary.” Lawyers …

Opinion: The mifepristone case should be an easy one for the Supreme Court. But will it be?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: The mifepristone case should be an easy one for the Supreme Court. But will it be?

LA Times  

As a matter of law, the case argued Tuesday at the Supreme Court concerning the availability of medicine to induce abortions is easy: The Food and Drug Administration has the authority to make mifepristone available and to later increase its availability. A conservative panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said that the judge was wrong in stopping …

Q&A: The FDA says the abortion pill mifepristone is safe. Here’s the evidence
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Q&A: The FDA says the abortion pill mifepristone is safe. Here’s the evidence

LA Times  

A patient prepares to take mifepristone for a medication abortion at a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., in 2022. Mifepristone is the generic name of a pill that makes up half of the two-drug regimen used in medication abortions in the United States. Likewise, after the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated acceptance of telemedicine, the FDA in 2021 stopped requiring patients to …

Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over the abortion drug mifepristone
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over the abortion drug mifepristone

CNN  

CNN — A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday of the idea of a nationwide ban or new limits on mifepristone, the primary drug used for medication abortions. And you’re asking us to extend and pursue this relatively new course, which this court has never adopted itself.” “This case seems like a prime example of turning what could …

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails

Associated Press  

— A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it Monday. The legislation proposed an amendment to Louisiana’s constitution that would enshrine reproductive rights for women, including allowing contraceptives such as birth control, access to abortions and infertility treatments. Freeman …

Mifepristone Access Is Coming Before The Supreme Court. How Safe Is This Abortion Pill?
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Mifepristone Access Is Coming Before The Supreme Court. How Safe Is This Abortion Pill?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. Abortion opponents say the more lax restrictions resulted in many more “emergency complications.” But that argument lumps together women experiencing a range …

Supreme Court’s antiabortion conservatives could restrict abortion pills sent by mail, even in blue states
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court’s antiabortion conservatives could restrict abortion pills sent by mail, even in blue states

LA Times  

The two-drug combination of mifepristone and misoprostol is used to end pregnancies, particularly in the early weeks. The Supreme Court’s antiabortion majority is set to consider whether to order a reversal in U.S. drug laws and restrict women from obtaining abortion medication at pharmacies or through the mail. Shortly after the Supreme Court repealed the right to abortion in the …

The US Supreme Court just ruled on mifepristone. How safe is the abortion pill?
8 months, 4 weeks ago

The US Supreme Court just ruled on mifepristone. How safe is the abortion pill?

Associated Press  

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. Legal briefs filed with the court describe the pill’s safety in vastly different terms: Medical professionals call it “among the safest medications” ever approved by …

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — The same U.S. Supreme Court that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion will hear oral arguments Tuesday over access to mifepristone, a pharmaceutical used in both medication abortion and miscarriage care. “While there are no comprehensive data on the number of self-managed medication abortions in the United States, evidence suggests they have been increasing in the past …

From convenience to crisis: Here's what will happen if the Supreme Court restricts mifepristone
8 months, 4 weeks ago

From convenience to crisis: Here's what will happen if the Supreme Court restricts mifepristone

Salon  

On March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will finally hear oral arguments over the safety of mifepristone — the first drug used in a medication abortion. “We found that 2 percent of those patients said they would not have been able to get an abortion at all,” Upadhyay said, noting that "sounds small, but there are over a million abortions …

Yes, some medication abortion patients go to the ER — but it may not be for what you think
9 months ago

Yes, some medication abortion patients go to the ER — but it may not be for what you think

Salon  

Next Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will finally hear a case about mifepristone — the first drug used in a medication abortion. Specifically, in one of the retracted studies cited in U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling, the authors claimed that mifepristone increased the risk of women going to the emergency room following a medication abortion compared to surgical abortions. …

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