Abortion pill legal challenge threatens miscarriage care
1 year, 8 months ago

Abortion pill legal challenge threatens miscarriage care

Associated Press  

Less than a year after losing her daughter Emilia at five days old, Jillian Phillips suffered a miscarriage. Dr. Kristyn Brandi said that would take away “the gold standard of miscarriage management,” the two-drug combination of mifepristone and misoprostol that helps empty the uterus and reduce the chance of infection. Norris, a stay-at-home mom who is active in the group Kentucky for Reproductive Freedom, said it brought “an additional layer of grief.” ‘CHILLING EFFECT’ AND BACKUP PLANS Mifepristone has long been subject to special restrictions, though experts say it’s as safe as the over-the-counter painkiller ibuprofen. “It’s kind of creating this chilling effect” where even though it’s still approved and available, doctors “aren’t going to give it because they’re too worried about whatever ramifications are coming afterward,” Brandi said. “Facilities that don’t want to have anything to do with abortion have chosen not to carry mifepristone on site,” she said.

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Opinion: What antiabortion activists want next
1 week, 2 days ago

Opinion: What antiabortion activists want next

LA Times  

Anti-abortion activists pray as they participate in a “#BanChemicalAbortions” protest outside the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington in 2022. The state of Texas filed a major lawsuit on Dec. 12 against a New York doctor who mailed abortion pills to a Collin County, Texas, woman, arguing that the doctor was practicing medicine without a Texas license and …

Doctors reaching for riskier miscarriage treatment as a third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Doctors reaching for riskier miscarriage treatment as a third woman dies under Texas’ abortion ban

Salon  

Series: Life of the Mother: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths More in this series Wrapping his wife in a blanket as she mourned the loss of her pregnancy at 11 weeks, Hope Ngumezi wondered why no obstetrician was coming to see her. But when Dr. Andrew Ryan Davis, the obstetrician on duty, finally arrived, he said it was …

Two Georgia deaths are tied to abortion restrictions. Experts say abortion pills they took are safe
3 months, 3 weeks 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 — …

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

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

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. Abortion opponents say the more lax restrictions resulted in …

Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they’re pregnant
5 months, 2 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 …

The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone isn’t the last word on the abortion pill
7 months 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,” …

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

Challenge to abortion drug rejected by U.S. Supreme Court
7 months 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 …

Column: The abortion pill is safe. Is your uterus?
7 months ago

Column: The abortion pill is safe. Is your uterus?

LA Times  

Demonstrators march near the Texas state Capitol in Austin following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. Alito hinted at this concept in the Dobbs ruling, which knocked out Roe vs. Wade, when he referred to an embryo as an “unborn human being.” In Alabama, we saw this take greater life recently when state Supreme Court judges ruled …

Editorial: Supreme Court keeps medication abortion safe — for now
7 months 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 …

Supreme Court restricting mifepristone would be a "slippery slope" for future drugs
9 months, 2 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 …

Q&A: The FDA says the abortion pill mifepristone is safe. Here’s the evidence
9 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
9 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 …

Mifepristone Access Is Coming Before The Supreme Court. How Safe Is This Abortion Pill?
9 months, 3 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 …

The US Supreme Court just ruled on mifepristone. How safe is the abortion pill?
9 months, 3 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 …

Journal publisher retracts studies used by Texas judge who ruled to suspend use of abortion pill
11 months, 1 week ago

Journal publisher retracts studies used by Texas judge who ruled to suspend use of abortion pill

CNN  

CNN — The academic publisher Sage Publications has retracted studies used by a Texas judge in a ruling that would suspend federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The Texas judge whose ruling in April 2023 would suspend federal approval of mifepristone, US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, cited this study to suggest that the groups that brought the mifepristone lawsuit …

Study cited by Texas judge in abortion pill case retracted
11 months, 1 week ago

Study cited by Texas judge in abortion pill case retracted

Raw Story  

Two of the key studies cited by plaintiffs and judges as evidence that medication abortion should be pulled from the market or heavily restricted have been retracted because of undeclared conflicts of interest and unreliable findings, academic publisher Sage announced Monday. The studies are: “A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Emergency Room Utilization Following Mifepristone Chemical and Surgical Abortions, 1999–2015” “A …

"Devastating": Restricting abortion drug access would inflict unnecessary suffering for miscarriages
11 months, 2 weeks ago

"Devastating": Restricting abortion drug access would inflict unnecessary suffering for miscarriages

Salon  

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court set a date for one of the highest stakes cases on abortion care this year: accessibility to mifepristone, commonly referred to as “the abortion pill." “Patients who need Mifepristone to complete a miscarriage will suffer,” Julia Kaye, ACLU’s senior staff attorney with the Reproductive Freedom Project, told Salon. “For some patients, particularly low income …

DOJ and Mifepristone maker urge Supreme Court to preserve full access to abortion pill
11 months, 3 weeks ago

DOJ and Mifepristone maker urge Supreme Court to preserve full access to abortion pill

CNN  

CNN — The Justice Department and the manufacturer of a widely used abortion pill urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to preserve full access to the drug, warning that a lower-court ruling restricting its availability “threatens profound harms” nationwide. The pair of filings from the Justice Department and Danco Laboratories, a manufacturer of the drug and an intervenor in the …

US women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions
1 year ago

US women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions

Associated Press  

Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get. A research letter published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at requests for these pills from people who weren’t pregnant and sought …

U.S. women stock up on abortion pills, especially when there’s news about restrictions
1 year ago

U.S. women stock up on abortion pills, especially when there’s news about restrictions

LA Times  

Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprostol at an Iowa clinic in 2010. Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get. A research letter published Tuesday in JAMA Internal …

Uncertainty around US abortion landscape drives surge in requests to stockpile abortion medication, research shows
1 year ago

Uncertainty around US abortion landscape drives surge in requests to stockpile abortion medication, research shows

CNN  

CNN — Amid significant upheaval to the abortion landscape in the United States, thousands of women have preemptively requested medication abortion pills in case they need them in the future, new research shows. In the first eight months that Aid Access offered advance provision of medication abortion – from September 2021 through April 2022 – it received an average of …

A common abortion pill will come before the US Supreme Court. Here’s how mifepristone works
1 year, 1 month ago

A common abortion pill will come before the US Supreme Court. Here’s how mifepristone works

Associated Press  

Medication abortion is the preferred method of ending pregnancy in the U.S., and one of the two drugs used — mifepristone — will now go in front of the U.S. Supreme Court next year. The Supreme Court will hear a case in the spring that could block mail-order access to mifepristone and impose restrictions on its use, even in states …

Supreme Court announces it will hear abortion pill case
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court announces it will hear abortion pill case

Salon  

The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it would issue a ruling on whether a commonly used abortion pill should be widely available. Although U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Texas issued a ruling in April to outright revoke the FDA's authorization of mifepristone, the Supreme Court halted that decision the same month. President Biden's administration asked the Supreme Court …

Supreme Court is asked to reject limits on a drug used in the most common method of abortion
1 year, 4 months ago

Supreme Court is asked to reject limits on a drug used in the most common method of abortion

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is being asked to reverse an appellate ruling that would cut off mail-order access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States. A federal appeals court ruling in August would revoke approval for sending the drug through the mail and would shorten, from the current 10 weeks to …

Beyond the 'abortion pill': Real-life experiences of individuals taking mifepristone
1 year, 7 months ago

Beyond the 'abortion pill': Real-life experiences of individuals taking mifepristone

NPR  

Beyond the 'abortion pill': Real-life experiences of individuals taking mifepristone Enlarge this image toggle caption Gracey Zhang for NPR Gracey Zhang for NPR For a while, it was known as RU-486. It's called Mifeprex or mifepristone – but many know it as "the abortion pill." Sponsor Message The stories illustrate how mifepristone is indeed an "abortion pill" — but it …

Conservatives may lose the mifepristone battle but their war on abortion rights will continue
1 year, 8 months ago

Conservatives may lose the mifepristone battle but their war on abortion rights will continue

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the abortion drug mifepristone will remain available while appeals play out on a lawsuit that sought to take the drug off the market. National anti-choice groups have set their sights on abolishing abortion at the federal level, which is why they’re trying to get a regulatory do-over for mifepristone 23 years and 5 million …

Mifepristone Supreme Court ruling: Decision keeps medical abortion pill approval in place
1 year, 8 months ago

Mifepristone Supreme Court ruling: Decision keeps medical abortion pill approval in place

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 The US Supreme Court has kept the government’s approval of …

What Supreme Court action on abortion means for patients
1 year, 8 months ago

What Supreme Court action on abortion means for patients

Associated Press  

The Supreme Court’s action Friday regarding a key drug used in medication abortions may leave many women wondering: What does this mean for me? Medication abortion, which accounts for more than half of all abortions in the U.S., typically involves two drugs: mifepristone, which blocks progesterone, and misoprostol, which wasn’t affected by the various rulings. If abortion is banned in …

What to know about the abortion pill mifepristone
1 year, 8 months ago

What to know about the abortion pill mifepristone

Al Jazeera  

The US Supreme Court is considering whether to uphold restrictions to the pill used in more than half of US abortions. The United States Supreme Court is scheduled to issue a decision that could affect access to mifepristone, an abortion pill used in more than half of all abortion procedures in the US. Anti-abortion rights advocates view pills like mifepristone …

Supreme Court extends access to abortion pill to Friday
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court extends access to abortion pill to Friday

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Friday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug mifepristone to take effect. At stake now is whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone ordered by a lower court to take effect while a legal challenge to the medication’s …

The Supreme Court Has Delayed Its Abortion Pill Decision
55 years ago

The Supreme Court Has Delayed Its Abortion Pill Decision

Wired  

The legal saga over the abortion pill mifepristone isn’t over yet. The Supreme Court’s decision on access to the pill will likely be the most important ruling on reproductive rights since the court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked Kacsmaryk’s ban but upheld restrictions on the drug that haven’t been …

U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill
1 year, 9 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court said on April 14 it was temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an abortion drug, while it takes time to more fully consider the issues raised in a court challenge. In an order signed by Justice Samuel Alito, the court put a five-day pause on the fast-moving case so the justices can decide whether …

Here's what really happened during the abortion drug's approval 24 years ago
1 year, 9 months ago

Here's what really happened during the abortion drug's approval 24 years ago

NPR  

Here's what really happened during the abortion drug's approval 24 years ago Enlarge this image toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Update: The Supreme Court heard arguments in the case against mifepristone on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. When a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Food and Drug administration shouldn't have approved the abortion pill mifepristone in …

The Abortion Pill Legal Standoff Endangers Access to All Drugs
55 years ago

The Abortion Pill Legal Standoff Endangers Access to All Drugs

Wired  

The abortion pill mifepristone will remain available in the US for now—but its long-term fate is uncertain as a bitter legal battle unfolds. A federal appeals court ruled yesterday in favor of keeping the drug on the market but rolled back changes the US Food and Drug Administration has made in recent years to expand access to it. The order, …

US Court preserves access to abortion drug mifepristone, tightens rules
1 year, 9 months ago

US Court preserves access to abortion drug mifepristone, tightens rules

Firstpost  

The judgement made late on Wednesday temporarily restricted a Texas lower court judge’s finding that had initially prevented the Food and Drug Administration from approving the most popular abortion technique in the country Austin, Texas: Mifepristone, the medicine used to induce abortions, is still legal to use for the time being, according to a federal appeals court, but the amount …

US Justice Dept to Appeal Abortion Pill Restrictions at Supreme Court
1 year, 9 months ago

US Justice Dept to Appeal Abortion Pill Restrictions at Supreme Court

News 18  

The US Justice Department said Thursday that it will go to the Supreme Court to appeal restrictions imposed on a widely used abortion pill in the latest round of a fierce battle over reproductive rights. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the bill passed on Thursday by the southern state’s Republican-controlled legislature was “extreme and dangerous” and “flies in …

US FDA may continue providing access to abortion pills even if it loses court battle
1 year, 9 months ago

US FDA may continue providing access to abortion pills even if it loses court battle

Firstpost  

Wilmington, Delaware: The US Justice Department is attempting to have a judge’s ruling halting the government’s clearance of the abortion drug mifepristone, which is used in more than half of all abortions in the US, placed on hold by persuading a federal appeals court or maybe the US Supreme Court. Legal experts argue that even if those legal actions fail …

Abortion clinics reassure worried patients, set backup plans
1 year, 9 months ago

Abortion clinics reassure worried patients, set backup plans

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. “Please understand that this judge’s …

A Right-Wing Judge Said The FDA Shouldn’t Have Approved The Abortion Pill. What Now?
1 year, 9 months ago

A Right-Wing Judge Said The FDA Shouldn’t Have Approved The Abortion Pill. What Now?

Huff Post  

Illustration: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost; Photos: Getty/AP A federal judge in Texas handed down a ruling Friday that could potentially eliminate access to the most widely used medication for abortion care and miscarriage management in the United States. The judge argued in his ruling that the FDA “manipulated and misconstrued” certain parts of the drug approval process to “greenlight elective chemical abortions …

Justice Department appeals Texas abortion pill order
1 year, 9 months ago

Justice Department appeals Texas abortion pill order

LA Times  

The abortion drug mifepristone has been widely used in the U.S. since securing approval from the Food and Drug Administration in 2000. The Justice Department on Monday appealed a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S., calling the decision “extraordinary and unprecedented.” If allowed to stand, the order issued …

Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings
1 year, 9 months ago

Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years. The abortion drug has been widely used in the U.S. since securing FDA approval and there is essentially no …

Trump-appointed judge blocks approval of widely used abortion drug in decision that threatens access nationwide
1 year, 9 months ago

Trump-appointed judge blocks approval of widely used abortion drug in decision that threatens access nationwide

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. But in a separate ruling in Washington state, a federal judge has ruled that …

Opinion: A judge’s attempt to restrict medication abortion nationwide shows extremists aren’t done yet
1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: A judge’s attempt to restrict medication abortion nationwide shows extremists aren’t done yet

LA Times  

On Friday, federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk handed down a decision further restricting abortion access nationwide by suspending the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, the most common and safe pill used for medication abortion. Since the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June, 13 states have banned most abortion procedures and 26 clinics have closed, including the …

Washington stocks up on abortion pills ahead of court ruling
1 year, 9 months ago

Washington stocks up on abortion pills ahead of court ruling

Associated Press  

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Washington state has purchased a three-year supply of a leading abortion medication in anticipation of a court ruling that could limit its availability, Gov. The awaited ruling in a Texas lawsuit brought by a Christian group — in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision last year to strip away the constitutional right to end a …

What plaintiffs targeting abortion pill want might not even be possible
1 year, 9 months ago

What plaintiffs targeting abortion pill want might not even be possible

Raw Story  

At the center of the federal anti-abortion lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the abortion drug mifepristone and the regimen that reportedly accounts for the majority of abortions in post-Roe America. But regardless of the lawsuit’s outcome, legal experts still think a ruling that even briefly or partially favors plaintiffs will likely have lasting consequences on U.S. …

Long-used US abortion pill under threat in Texas lawsuit
1 year, 10 months ago

Long-used US abortion pill under threat in Texas lawsuit

Associated Press  

AMARILLO, Texas — A federal judge in Texas raised questions Wednesday about a Christian group’s effort to overturn the decades-old U.S. approval of a leading abortion drug, in a case that could threaten the country’s most common method for ending pregnancies. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk heard more than four hours of debate over the Alliance Defending Freedom’s request to revoke or …

The Abortion Pill Case Is About Who Makes the Rules in America
1 year, 10 months ago

The Abortion Pill Case Is About Who Makes the Rules in America

Slate  

Right now, the country is waiting on one judge in Texas to make a ruling. * There is no question that a ruling in this case against the FDA’s approval will have real chilling effects on Americans’ access to reproductive care, even in states that responded to the end of Roe v. Wade by attempting to improve access to care. …

What will happen if medication abortion challenge succeeds?
1 year, 10 months ago

What will happen if medication abortion challenge succeeds?

Associated Press  

Medication abortions in the United States usually involve two different drugs. The Food and Drug Administration regimen for medication abortions involves two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol. At Carafem, a reproductive health group with clinics in four states and telehealth services in 16 states, medication abortions with both drugs cost $249 or $175 with misoprostol alone when obtained through a virtual …

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