Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
3 months, 1 week 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 of Family Planning found that by the first half of 2024, such prescriptions accounted for about one-tenth of abortions in the U.S. That number has risen rapidly since 2023 when some Democratic-controlled states started adopting laws that seek to protect medical providers in their borders who prescribe abortion pills via telehealth to patients in states where abortion is banned. New York is one of at least eight states with a law intended to protect medical providers who prescribe abortion pills to patients in states with bans. States are also considering laws aimed at abortion pills This year, Louisiana became the first state with a law to reclassify both mifepristone and misoprostol as “controlled dangerous substances.” The drugs are still allowed, but medical personnel have to go through extra steps to access them.

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US states prepare for battle over abortion pills
3 weeks, 1 day ago

US states prepare for battle over abortion pills

Raw Story  

by Elodie SOINARD The anti-abortion movement in the United States has set its sights on a new target: doctors sending pills across state lines to help women end unwanted pregnancies. Since the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the federal protection of the right to an abortion, states like Texas and Louisiana have adopted tough anti-abortion laws. Texas and Louisiana …

US states move court to battle over abortion pills
3 weeks, 1 day ago

US states move court to battle over abortion pills

Firstpost  

Since the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the federal protection of the right to an abortion, states like Texas and Louisiana have adopted tough anti-abortion laws. “These are the first kind of cross-border fights that we’ve seen since Roe was overturned,” said California legal scholar Mary Ziegler, referring to the 2022 Supreme Court decision. In Louisiana, she faces criminal …

Trump quietly props up the strictest abortion ban in the country
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Trump quietly props up the strictest abortion ban in the country

Salon  

Donald Trump pretended to be a "moderate" on abortion during the presidential campaign. The case was against Idaho, whose draconian abortion ban effectively forces hospitals to airlift pregnant patients to neighboring states because doctors are under threat of arrest if they offer standard medical care. Still, the lawsuits have continued, as states like Idaho and Texas insist that it's a …

What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortion
Trending News
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortion

Associated Press  

Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading anti-abortion groups oppose: punish women who seek to end their pregnancies. The pill fight is roaring even without additional state laws Authorities in two states with stringent abortion laws have targeted a New York doctor for allegedly …

What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortions

LA Times  

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says there is decades of evidence that mifepristone, along with the drug misoprostol, is safe and effective. Lawmakers in some states where abortion is already banned are seeking to explicitly bar abortion pills or take a step that most leading antiabortion groups oppose: punish women who seek to end their pregnancies. The pill …

RFK Jr. Says Trump Gave Him 1 Directive On The Abortion Pill
2 months ago

RFK Jr. Says Trump Gave Him 1 Directive On The Abortion Pill

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Abortion came up several times during the first of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation hearings for health secretary — and each time, Kennedy stuck with his canned statement: He’ll do whatever President Donald Trump tells him to do. When Sen. Steve Daines asked Kennedy about his plans for mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortion, …

The March for Life Exposed Abortion Foes’ Biggest Weakness
2 months ago

The March for Life Exposed Abortion Foes’ Biggest Weakness

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Despite the feel-good mood at the March for Life and National Pro-Life Summit, the fact remains that Trump remains a somewhat unreliable ally for the anti-abortion movement—especially because Americans still seem to support legal abortion. Students for Life of …

Awaiting Trump’s abortion pill posture
2 months ago

Awaiting Trump’s abortion pill posture

Politico  

Awaiting Trump’s abortion pill posture Presented by Boehringer Ingelheim With Alice Miranda Ollstein Driving The Day Anti-abortion groups are looking to President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to support a ban on prescribing mifepristone online and delivering it via mail. “It’s absolutely asinine why they would remove the REMS on requiring an ultrasound before giving these chemical abortion …

What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes office
2 months, 1 week ago

What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes office

Associated Press  

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door to state bans. The states argue that efforts to provide access to the pills “undermine …

Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide
2 months, 1 week ago

Texas judge says states can revive challenge to abortion pill access nationwide

Associated Press  

The Texas judge who previously halted approval of the nation’s most common method of abortion ruled Thursday that three states can move ahead with another attempt to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drug mifepristone. Idaho, Kansas and Missouri requested late last year to pursue the case in federal …

With lawsuits and legislation, Texas Republicans take aim at abortion pills
2 months, 2 weeks ago

With lawsuits and legislation, Texas Republicans take aim at abortion pills

Salon  

"With lawsuits and legislation, Texas Republicans take aim at abortion pills" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. “We’re getting to the point where, if we don’t start swinging, start adopting new tools, these websites and the 20,000 …

Opinion: What antiabortion activists want next
2 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Abortion Opponents Shift Focus To Pills With Lawsuits, Proposed Laws And Possible Federal Action
3 months, 1 week ago

Abortion Opponents Shift Focus To Pills With Lawsuits, Proposed Laws And Possible Federal Action

Huff Post  

FILE - Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. 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. Abortion rights advocates are also concerned that President-elect Donald Trump’s administration could …

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
3 months, 1 week ago

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

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. This month, the Texas attorney general's office filed a …

Trump Claims He’s Committed To Keeping Abortion Pills Accessible
3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — As Donald Trump’s Cabinet begins to take shape, those on both sides of the abortion debate are watching closely for clues about how his picks might affect reproductive rights policy in the president-elect’s second term. In an NBC News interview that aired Sunday, Trump said he doesn’t plan to restrict medication abortion but “Things do change, but I …

California Rolls Out More Abortion Protections Ahead Of Trump's Return
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Texas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances
4 months ago

Texas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances

Raw Story  

"Texas bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled substances" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. “Forcing a clinician to jump through administrative hurdles in order to access a safe, effective medicine is not medically justified and is, …

Donald Trump's Re-election sparks a healthcare shift in reproductive choices
4 months ago

Donald Trump's Re-election sparks a healthcare shift in reproductive choices

India Today  

Donald Trump’s re-election has unleashed a wave of uncertainty, sparking changes in reproductive healthcare decisions across the country. His administration’s anti-abortion policies, coupled with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, have reignited fears amongst young adults and parents about the future of women’s reproductive rights. Online searches for birth control methods have surged 109%, reflecting growing concern over reproductive healthcare …

Women stock up on abortion pills and Plan B, fearing new restrictions under Trump
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Women stock up on abortion pills and Plan B, fearing new restrictions under Trump

NPR  

Women stock up on abortion pills and Plan B, fearing new restrictions under Trump toggle caption Charlie Neibergall/AP As millions of Americans were waking up last Wednesday morning to learn that Donald Trump won the presidency, it dawned on Dr. Angel Foster that she was about to be very busy. Foster is co-founder of the Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project, …

Demand for abortion pills skyrockets in US as women stockpile after Donald Trump's election
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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Demand for abortion pills skyrockets in US as women stockpile after Donald Trump's election

Hindustan Times  

One of the largest suppliers of abortion pills in the United States, Aid Access, recorded 10,000 requests for the medication within 24 hours of Donald Trump's election as president, reported The Washington Post. The increase in number of requests for abortion pills points towards stockpiling due to fear of lack of access to abortion, which was one of the key …

'The threat is dire': Abortion pill orders skyrocket after Trump elected
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'The threat is dire': Abortion pill orders skyrocket after Trump elected

Raw Story  

Women are reportedly stockpiling abortion pills ahead of a second Trump administration, with the head of one provider noting they feel he poses a "very real" threat. Another organization called Just the Pill said now receiving orders for abortion drugs from people who aren't pregnant — a "rarity," Julie Amaon, the nonprofit's interim executive director, told the Post. “People understand …

Abortion opponents prepare to undermine just-passed ballot measures
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Abortion opponents prepare to undermine just-passed ballot measures

Politico  

While President-elect Donald Trump and other Republicans campaigned on a promise to leave abortion policy to the states, Students for Life is lobbying allies on Capitol Hill to ban telehealth prescriptions of abortion pills and slash funding for colleges and universities that provide abortion pills through student health centers. “The federal government has a sacred duty to protect the right …

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
4 months, 3 weeks ago

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

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. They point to the federal guidance that the administration …

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
4 months, 3 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 …

Anti-abortion advocates press Trump for more restrictions as abortion pill sales spike
4 months, 3 weeks ago

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

New Indian Express  

Trump unlikely to require emergency abortions from hospitals The Trump administration is expected to pull back Biden's controversial directive that requires emergency rooms to provide abortions when necessary to stabilize a woman's health or life. The Biden administration had argued that the decades-old federal law, which requires hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment for patients in exchange for Medicare funding, also …

What’s next for reproductive healthcare during the Trump administration?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s next for reproductive healthcare during the Trump administration?

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. Blackmon, the woman at the center of a legal challenge to Tennesee’s abortion laws, …

The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide
55 years, 2 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 …

’Just stop talking’: Donald Trump evades abortion queries while casting ballot in Florida
4 months, 3 weeks ago

’Just stop talking’: Donald Trump evades abortion queries while casting ballot in Florida

Live Mint  

Donald Trump is slated to take charge of a nation with deepening political and cultural fissures and a worried electorate within the next two months. Trump appears to have held shifting views on abortion over the course of the 2024 election campaign — at times leaving conservatives and anti-abortion rights groups frustrated. A second presidential term for Donald Trump could …

Abortion Rights Are on Every Swing-State Ballot Come Tuesday
5 months ago

Abortion Rights Are on Every Swing-State Ballot Come Tuesday

Slate  

In almost all of the swing states this election cycle, abortion remains legal and available through the first trimester and beyond. First, as Project 2025 details, as president, Trump would use the tools of federal agencies to restrict abortion access everywhere. A Trump FDA might try even more aggressive measures to attack mifepristone, or the agency could refuse to vigorously …

Republican lawmakers have steered over half a billion in taxpayer dollars to anti-abortion clinics. Where does it go next?
5 months ago

Republican lawmakers have steered over half a billion in taxpayer dollars to anti-abortion clinics. Where does it go next?

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. open image in gallery Florida Governor Ron DeSantis approved the state’s six-week abortion ban, …

Why Record Numbers of People Who Aren’t Pregnant Are Ordering Abortion Medication
5 months, 1 week 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
5 months, 1 week 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 …

The Harris campaign takes its attacks against Trump over abortion on the road
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The Harris campaign takes its attacks against Trump over abortion on the road

NPR  

The Harris campaign takes its attacks against Trump over abortion on the road toggle caption Grant Blankenship As former President Trump struggles with messaging on the issue of abortion, Vice President Harris’ campaign is making a major push focused on the issue. toggle caption Sarah McCammon/NPR “My doctor told me despite preparing for this moment for months, we couldn’t proceed,” …

Trump Will Likely Have To Clarify His Abortion Stance
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Will Likely Have To Clarify His Abortion Stance

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump has said more on abortion in the past few weeks of his presidential campaign than he has in the last two years. ABC moderators and Vice President Kamala Harris are likely to push Trump to clarify his stance on abortion during Tuesday night’s highly anticipated presidential debate. Trump has “changed his position four times on …

Column: Why Trump’s ‘leave it to the states’ abortion stance ties him in knots
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Why Trump’s ‘leave it to the states’ abortion stance ties him in knots

LA Times  

Watching Donald Trump regularly twist himself into a pretzel to reach a politically safe position on abortion rights would be comical if the issue weren’t so serious for the lives of countless women. He continues to boast that he ended Roe with his Supreme Court picks, yet two weeks ago claimed that a second Trump administration would be “great for …

Trump's surprise IVF plan sparks division in GOP
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump's surprise IVF plan sparks division in GOP

Raw Story  

Republican lawmakers appear to be seriously divided about the new policy proposal from Donald Trump to force insurance companies to fully fund fertility treatments or have the government pay for it. That, paired with his claim he wouldn't support Florida's six-week abortion ban, might be why many Republican lawmakers aren't rushing to embrace Trump's new policy, the Independent reports. Anti-abortion …

'Want more babies': Trump pledges to fund IVF treatments, appears to favour abortion rights | WATCH
7 months ago

'Want more babies': Trump pledges to fund IVF treatments, appears to favour abortion rights | WATCH

India TV News  

Washington: Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has promised to fund in-vitro fertilisation treatments in an apparent attempt to woo women voters, adding that government or insurance companies to pay for IVF fertility treatments in the country. Trump's announcement comes in the wake of a controversial ruling by Alabama Supreme Court in February that said embryos created …

In reversal, Trump won't back Florida abortion ban repeal amendment
7 months ago

In reversal, Trump won't back Florida abortion ban repeal amendment

Salon  

Donald Trump announced his opposition to a Florida ballot initiative to restore some abortion access in the state after it enacted a restrictive six-week ban, providing a long-awaited final answer to a question he publicly flip-flopped on. “I’ll be voting no,” Trump told Fox News on Friday, falsely claiming that Democrat-led states were allowing abortions “in the ninth month” and …

‘It’s not a pro-life position’: Anger after Trump says no to Comstock
7 months, 1 week ago

‘It’s not a pro-life position’: Anger after Trump says no to Comstock

Politico  

“It is not a pro-life position, it’s not an acceptable position, and it does not provide the contrast on this issue to the degree that we have had in the past between him and Kamala Harris,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. And in 2023, Trump’s running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, joined dozens of members of …

How to Understand Trump’s Latest Comments About Banning the Abortion Pill
55 years, 2 months ago

How to Understand Trump’s Latest Comments About Banning the Abortion Pill

Slate  

For much of the 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump has attempted to maintain strategic ambiguity and plausible deniability about what he would do with abortion policy during a second term. But when a reporter at last week’s press conference asked Trump about revoking access to mifepristone, he sounded open to the idea. With Roe now gone, you don’t need to …

Project 2025’s abortion surveillance idea comes back to bite Trump
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Project 2025’s abortion surveillance idea comes back to bite Trump

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. Democrats have seen an angle of opportunity here, and are now tying the former …

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

Abortion Was A Non-Topic At The RNC
8 months, 1 week ago

Abortion Was A Non-Topic At The RNC

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING “Abortion” was something of a dirty word at this year’s Republican National Convention, despite it being one of the biggest issues of the 2024 election and something the GOP has long fought to restrict. That year, the party also featured anti-abortion activists as speakers, who called the election a choice between “radical anti-life activists and the most …

The Only Part of Trump’s RNC Abortion Platform That Matters
8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Only Part of Trump’s RNC Abortion Platform That Matters

Slate  

When a draft of the 2024 Republican Party platform began to circulate, headlines loudly declared that the GOP had moderated its stance on abortion. At the same time, the platform is studiously silent about the role of Trump judges, and obscures the reality that a federal judiciary transformed by Trump would likely move the country toward the recognition of personhood—and …

'On agenda': Ex-Trump health aide touts highly controversial plan hidden in Project 2025
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'On agenda': Ex-Trump health aide touts highly controversial plan hidden in Project 2025

Raw Story  

Although former President Donald Trump has disavowed any involvement with Project 2025, a former top health adviser of his touted one of its most controversial initiatives on Wednesday while speaking at the Natcon Conference. According to NOTUS Reports' Oriana Gonzalez, former Trump lead health adviser Katy Talento at the conference touted a plan referenced in Project 2025 to use the …

RNC 2024: Don't be fooled by the gauzy coverage of the GOP's "new" abortion platform.
8 months, 3 weeks ago

RNC 2024: Don't be fooled by the gauzy coverage of the GOP's "new" abortion platform.

Slate  

This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything has become. We will oppose late term abortion while supporting mothers and policies that advance prenatal care, access to birth control, and IVF.” —The draft of the GOP’s 2024 policy platform on abortion There has been infighting …

Republicans move at Trump’s behest to change how they will oppose abortion
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Republicans move at Trump’s behest to change how they will oppose abortion

Associated Press  

MILWAUKEE — The Republican National Committee moved Monday to adopt a party platform that reflects former President Donald Trump’s position opposing a federal abortion ban and ceding limits to states, omitting the explicit basis for a national ban for the first time in 40 years. Among the vocal abortion opponents on the platform committee, some say the aspiration of a …

Now an abortion rights advocate, woman raped by stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady
9 months, 1 week ago

Now an abortion rights advocate, woman raped by stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A 22-year-old woman who became an abortion rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady Jill Biden in Pennsylvania this weekend as part of a 2024 election push around the anniversary of the fall of Roe v. Wade. Hadley Duvall of Owensboro, Kentucky, first told her story publicly last …

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