The implications of Walgreens' decision on abortion pills
1 year, 9 months ago

The implications of Walgreens' decision on abortion pills

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 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. But more than a dozen states now have laws restricting abortion broadly — and the pills specifically — following last year’s Supreme Court decision overturning the federal right to abortion. Last month, attorneys general in 20 conservative-led states warned CVS and Walgreens in a letter that they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills by mail in their states. In addition to state laws, attorneys general from conservative states have argued that shipments of mifepristone run afoul of a 19th century law that prohibited sending items used in abortion through the mail. OTHER LEGAL ISSUES In November, an anti-abortion group filed a federal lawsuit in Texas seeking to revoke mifepristone's approval, claiming the FDA approved the drug 23 years ago without adequate evidence of safety.

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Far-right Texas AG sues doctor — in New York — for mailing woman abortion pills
1 week, 4 days ago

Far-right Texas AG sues doctor — in New York — for mailing woman abortion pills

Raw Story  

Far-right Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor on Friday that he accused of unlawfully providing a Texas woman abortion pills in violation of the conservative state’s strict abortion laws. The state’s three-term Republican attorney general claimed in the lawsuit filed Friday that physician Margaret Daley Carpenter violated a Texas law banning a physician from mailing or …

Shield laws under fire: Texas sues New York doctor over abortion pills
1 week, 4 days ago

Shield laws under fire: Texas sues New York doctor over abortion pills

India Today  

Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the US 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 …

Texas' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine
Top News
1 week, 4 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 …

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills
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1 week, 5 days ago

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills

NPR  

Texas challenges shield laws by suing New York doctor who prescribed abortion pills toggle caption David Erickson/AP 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. Sponsor Message …

Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills
1 month ago

Judge Strikes Down Wyoming Laws Banning Abortion, Abortion Pills

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming’s overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy in line with voters in yet more states voicing support for abortion rights. One Wyoming law that Owens said violated women’s rights under the state constitution bans abortion except …

Judge strikes down a North Carolina abortion restriction but upholds another
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Judge strikes down a North Carolina abortion restriction but upholds another

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge ruled Friday that a provision in North Carolina’s abortion laws requiring doctors to document the location of a pregnancy before prescribing abortion pills should be blocked permanently, affirming that it was too vague to be enforced reasonably. In light of the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, she wrote, the …

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back
5 months, 4 weeks ago

It’s been two years since Roe v Wade was overturned. Here’s how far we’ve gone back

The Independent  

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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,” …

Activists Are Still Worried After the Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling
6 months, 1 week ago

Activists Are Still Worried After the Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling

Bloomberg  

Hi, it’s Fiona and Ella in New York. On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled on the first major case on reproductive rights since it overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. On Thursday, the Supreme Court preserved broad access to the abortion pill. Anti-abortion groups — represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group that helped drive the effort to …

Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states’ bans or restrictions
7 months, 1 week ago

Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states’ bans or restrictions

Associated Press  

Thousands of women in states with abortion bans and restrictions are receiving abortion pills in the mail from states that have laws protecting prescribers, a new report shows. Tuesday’s release of the #WeCount survey shows about 8,000 women a month in states that severely restrict abortion or place limits on having one through telehealth were getting the pills by mail …

Supreme Court Justices Question Why Abortion Pill Suit Is In Front Of Them
8 months, 4 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 …

The next Supreme Court abortion rights battle is coming for the most common form of care
8 months, 4 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 …

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits
9 months 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 …

Minnesota court rules pharmacist discriminated against woman in denying emergency contraception
9 months ago

Minnesota court rules pharmacist discriminated against woman in denying emergency contraception

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a pharmacist who refused to provide emergency contraceptives to a customer because of his personal beliefs engaged in discrimination. The three-judge panel ruled Monday that pharmacist George Badeaux engaged in business discrimination in 2019 when he wouldn’t fill a prescription for an emergency contraception that is used to …

US pharmacy chains will offer abortion drug as Supreme Court prepares to hear major post-Roe case
9 months, 3 weeks ago

US pharmacy chains will offer abortion drug as Supreme Court prepares to hear major post-Roe case

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 Major pharmacy retailers Walgreens …

CVS and Walgreens to start dispensing abortion pill in states where it's legal
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CVS and Walgreens to start dispensing abortion pill in states where it's legal

NPR  

CVS and Walgreens to start dispensing abortion pill in states where it's legal Enlarge this image toggle caption Allen G. Breed/AP Allen G. Breed/AP CVS and Walgreens, two of the country's largest retail pharmacies, received federal certification to begin dispensing mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, in states where it is legal to do so, the companies …

Supreme Court agrees to rule on FDA’s approval of abortion pills sent by mail
1 year ago

Supreme Court agrees to rule on FDA’s approval of abortion pills sent by mail

LA Times  

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in March 2022. “Telehealth for medication abortion is safe and effective and helps people overcome barriers to care, whether it be long travel distances or getting time off from work or school.” It’s not clear, however, whether a Supreme Court ruling upholding …

Physicians, clinic ask judge to block enforcement of part of a North Dakota abortion law
1 year, 1 month ago

Physicians, clinic ask judge to block enforcement of part of a North Dakota abortion law

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — Physicians and the former, sole abortion provider in North Dakota on Tuesday asked a judge to block enforcement of part of a revised law that bans most abortions, saying a provision that allows the procedure to protect a woman’s health is too vague. North Dakota outlaws all abortions, except in cases where women could face death or …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states
1 year, 2 months ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs law to protect doctors who mail abortion pills to other states

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law on Wednesday that aims to stop other states from prosecuting doctors and pharmacists who mail abortion pills to patients in places where the procedure is banned. The new law goes further by forbidding authorities from cooperating with out-of-state investigations into doctors who mail abortion pills to patients in other …

West Virginia can restrict abortion pill sales, judge rules, despite FDA approval that it’s safe
1 year, 3 months ago

West Virginia can restrict abortion pill sales, judge rules, despite FDA approval that it’s safe

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia can restrict the sale of the abortion pill, despite federal regulators’ approval of it as a safe and effective medication, a federal judge has ruled. “The Supreme Court has made it clear that regulating abortion is a matter of health and safety upon which States may appropriately exercise their police power,” Chambers wrote in a …

Disappointed foes vow to keep attacking abortion pill after SCOTUS ruling
1 year, 8 months ago

Disappointed foes vow to keep attacking abortion pill after SCOTUS ruling

Raw Story  

Though the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked an effective ban on medication abortion, anti-abortion groups are not giving up on trying to fast-track a national abortion ban. We have many, many avenues out there to try to ban chemical abortion.” Legally challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decades-old approval of the drug mifepristone despite its high safety and …

A Scalia Clerk Dismantles the Medication Abortion Decision
54 years, 11 months ago

A Scalia Clerk Dismantles the Medication Abortion Decision

Slate  

This article is an excerpt from Adam’s Legal Newsletter. Under a 2013 Supreme Court case called Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, the plaintiffs bear the burden of proving a “certainly impending” injury from the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. For example, the court quotes the plaintiffs’ assertions that “chemical abortion drugs can overwhelm the medical system” and “consume crucial limited resources” …

Here is what’s at stake in abortion medication case
1 year, 9 months ago

Here is what’s at stake in abortion medication case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that poses a threat to the nationwide availability of a leading abortion medication. A two-pill combination of mifepristone and another drug is the most common form of abortion in the U.S. and the ruling would affect states where abortion is legal as well as those that outlaw it. The …

Governors To Pharmacies: Please Clarify Your Abortion Pill Plans Using Actual Science
1 year, 9 months ago

Governors To Pharmacies: Please Clarify Your Abortion Pill Plans Using Actual Science

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Major pharmacies, including Walgreens and CVS, are at the center of a heated battle over abortion pills in the U.S. ― and the latest salvo comes from 14 Democratic governors calling on pharmacies to clarify their plans to dispense mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for medication abortion. “We write in light of recent media reports …

California to end Walgreens contract after abortion dispute
1 year, 9 months ago

California to end Walgreens contract after abortion dispute

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 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. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday withdrew …

Editorial: Walgreens is despicable for bowing to pressure not to sell abortion pills in some states
1 year, 9 months ago

Editorial: Walgreens is despicable for bowing to pressure not to sell abortion pills in some states

LA Times  

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced earlier this year that it would allow drugstore chains to sell mifepristone, the highly regulated first drug taken in a two-drug regimen for medication abortion, Walgreens and other pharmacy chains eagerly stepped up and said they would go through the required certification process. But after attorneys general in 20 Republican-led states wrote …

Newsom says California will cut ties with Walgreens over abortion pill access
1 year, 9 months ago

Newsom says California will cut ties with Walgreens over abortion pill access

LA Times  

In an attempt to counter GOP efforts to limit reproductive rights, Gov. Gavin Newsom said California will cut ties with Walgreens over the company’s decision to stop selling abortion medication in 20 Republican states. “We’re done.” Newsom’s missive is the latest political maneuver from the governor in the national battle between red and blue states over abortion rights since the …

Column: A spineless Walgreens bows down to antiabortion crusaders
1 year, 9 months ago

Column: A spineless Walgreens bows down to antiabortion crusaders

LA Times  

Can you trust the big drug store chains to resist right-wing efforts to outlaw the abortion drug mifepristone? Last week, the giant pharmacy chain stated that it won’t distribute or ship a drug used for medication abortions in at least 21 red states, including at least four where abortions remain legal. — Walgreens statement What rattled Walgreens’ cage was a …

White Houses Criticises Walgreens’ Move to Ban Abortion Pill Mifepristone in 20 States
1 year, 9 months ago

White Houses Criticises Walgreens’ Move to Ban Abortion Pill Mifepristone in 20 States

News 18  

The White House on Friday expressed regret at US pharmacy giant Walgreens’ decision to not distribute abortion pills in some 20 states after “dangerous” pressure from anti-abortion officials. The battle over the so-called “abortion pills” has become a focal point in states around the country following the Supreme Court’s June decision outlawing a national right to abortion. Walgreens does “not …

Walgreens won't sell abortion pills in red states that threatened legal action
1 year, 9 months ago

Walgreens won't sell abortion pills in red states that threatened legal action

NPR  

Walgreens won't sell abortion pills in red states that threatened legal action Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Walgreens won't distribute abortion pills in states where Republican officials have threatened legal action — including some places where abortion is still legal and available. The confirmation came a month after 20 Republican state attorneys …

The implications of Walgreens’ decision on abortion pills
1 year, 9 months ago

The implications of Walgreens’ decision on abortion pills

Associated Press  

Walgreens says it will not start selling an abortion pill in 20 states that had warned of legal consequences if it did so. But more than a dozen states now have laws restricting abortion broadly — and the pills specifically — following last year’s Supreme Court decision overturning the federal right to abortion. Last month, attorneys general in 20 conservative-led …

US pharmacy chain won’t dispense abortion pills in some states
1 year, 9 months ago

US pharmacy chain won’t dispense abortion pills in some states

Al Jazeera  

Access to abortion medication has emerged as a major battleground in the legal struggle over the procedure in the US. Calls were growing across Twitter on Friday to boycott Walgreens, one of the largest pharmacy chains in the United States, after it said it will not dispense abortion pills in the states of 20 Republican attorneys general who had told …

Democrat-led states challenge US over abortion pill restrictions
1 year, 10 months ago

Democrat-led states challenge US over abortion pill restrictions

Al Jazeera  

Twelve states join a lawsuit alleging the US government has placed unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone. Twelve states, led by Washington and Oregon, have filed a lawsuit against the United States government over access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The lawsuit alleged that the FDA “has continued to hamper access by singling out mifepristone — and the people in the Plaintiff …

North Carolina AG won’t defend abortion pill restrictions
1 year, 10 months ago

North Carolina AG won’t defend abortion pill restrictions

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein won’t defend state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills that are being challenged in a lawsuit and instead will argue the restrictions are preempted by federal regulations protecting access to the pills, Stein’s office said Monday. In this case, Bryant’s federal preemption arguments “are legally correct,” Sarah Boyce, general counsel at the …

Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit
1 year, 10 months ago

Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Texas lawsuit with a key deadline this month is posing a threat to the nationwide availability of medication abortion, which now accounts for the majority of abortions in the U.S. If a federal judge appointed by former President Donald Trump sides with them, it could halt the supply of the drug mifepristone in all states, both where …

20 attorneys general warn Walgreens, CVS over abortion pills
1 year, 10 months ago

20 attorneys general warn Walgreens, CVS over abortion pills

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — Attorneys general in 20 conservative-led states warned CVS and Walgreens on Wednesday that they could face legal consequences if they sell abortion pills by mail in those states. A letter from Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to the nation’s largest pharmacy-dispensing companies was co-signed by 19 other attorneys general, warning that sale of abortion pills would …

New lawsuits target state restrictions on abortion pills
1 year, 10 months ago

New lawsuits target state restrictions on abortion pills

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Supporters of abortion rights filed separate lawsuits Wednesday challenging two states’ abortion pill restrictions, the opening salvo in what’s expected to be a protracted legal battle over access to the medications. “We know from years of research and use that medication abortion is safe and effective — there’s no medical reason for politicians to interfere or restrict access …

Pro-abortion rights advocates sue over state pill restrictions
1 year, 11 months ago

Pro-abortion rights advocates sue over state pill restrictions

Al Jazeera  

The lawsuit comes as Republican-led states in the US attempt to crack down on the use of abortion-inducing medications. The lawsuits argue that limits on the drugs in North Carolina and West Virginia run afoul of the federal authority of the US Food and Drug Administration, which has approved the abortion pill as a safe and effective method for ending …

Abortion pill access: Letting pharmacies dispense medication abortion isn't enough.
54 years, 11 months ago

Abortion pill access: Letting pharmacies dispense medication abortion isn't enough.

Slate  

On Tuesday, the FDA announced the process by which retail pharmacies could become certified to dispense mifepristone, the first drug in the medication abortion regimen. Lifting the in-person dispensing requirement in 2021 was a game changer: For the first time, online clinics could offer virtual services and mail medication abortion to the states where it is legal. The suit also …

Abortion pills should be easier to get. That doesn't mean that they will be
1 year, 11 months ago

Abortion pills should be easier to get. That doesn't mean that they will be

NPR  

Abortion pills should be easier to get. "Many people have difficulty accessing this care because of things like transportation or having time off of work to go to a clinic to get this care so this is really going to open the doors for them," Dr. Kristyn Brandi, a member and fellow at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists …

Walgreens, CVS plan to get certified to offer abortion pill
1 year, 11 months ago

Walgreens, CVS plan to get certified to offer abortion pill

LA Times  

In the wake of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration loosening decades-old restrictions on abortion pills, brick-and-mortar pharmacies will be able to dispense the pills for the first time, pending a certification not required for most drugs. After Walgreens said it would pursue certification, Greer Donley, associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law who specializes in abortion …

US FDA allows sale of abortion pills at pharmacies for first time
1 year, 11 months ago

US FDA allows sale of abortion pills at pharmacies for first time

Al Jazeera  

Regulatory change to expand abortion access comes after more than a dozen states banned abortion. The US Food and Drug Administration will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency has said, even as more states seek to ban medication abortion. “Under the Mifepristone REMS Program, as modified, Mifeprex and its …

FDA finalizes rule expanding availability of abortion pills
1 year, 11 months ago

FDA finalizes rule expanding availability of abortion pills

LA Times  

The Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule change that allows women seeking abortion pills to get them through the mail, replacing a long-standing requirement that they pick up the medicine in person. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies. …

Abortion Pill Requests Have Skyrocketed Since Fall Of Roe, Study Finds
2 years, 1 month ago

Abortion Pill Requests Have Skyrocketed Since Fall Of Roe, Study Finds

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Request for abortion pills ― medication people can take at home to terminate pregnancies ― soared across many states after it became clear the U.S. Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade, a new study found. The study, which was published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, analyzed requests for medication abortion across 30 …

Opinion: These are the gray areas for women’s privacy now in a post-Roe world
2 years, 4 months ago

Opinion: These are the gray areas for women’s privacy now in a post-Roe world

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Aziza Ahmed is a professor of law at Boston University School of Law and the author of the forthcoming book “Feminism’s Medicine: Law, Science, and Social Movements in the AIDS Response.” Ji Seon Song is an assistant professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Ji Seon Song Courtesy Ji Seon Song Despite the Food and …

Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network
2 years, 5 months ago

Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network

Wired  

The panic started as soon as Jayda took the test in early July. Jayda found out about this network after frantic Googling lead her to a website called Plan C, which lists online pharmacies that ship abortion pills into US states. “I wanted the pills as soon as possible and didn’t want to pay a fortune for them, but I …

Pharmacies may violate civil rights if they refuse meds linked to abortion, feds warn
2 years, 5 months ago

Pharmacies may violate civil rights if they refuse meds linked to abortion, feds warn

NPR  

Pharmacies may violate civil rights if they refuse meds linked to abortion, feds warn Enlarge this image toggle caption ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images Federal health officials reminded U.S. pharmacies on Wednesday that they must comply with federal civil rights laws in the decisions they make about supplying and dispensing medicine. This comes after multiple …

Medication abortion is common. Here’s how it works
2 years, 5 months ago

Medication abortion is common. Here’s how it works

LA Times  

Boxes of the drug mifepristone line a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Medication abortions were already the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade. …

Medication abortion is common; here’s how it works
2 years, 5 months ago

Medication abortion is common; here’s how it works

Associated Press  

Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. “In the short term, those states that ban abortion are going to assume that their bans also include medication abortion and that will be prohibited,” said Greer Donley, a professor specializing in reproductive health care at the University of …

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