South Dakota makes it harder for women to get abortion meds
2 years, 10 months ago

South Dakota makes it harder for women to get abortion meds

Associated Press  

— South Dakota lawmakers on Thursday approved Gov. Kristi Noem’s new rule for medical abortions that make the state one of the hardest places in the U.S. to get abortion pills. Currently, women seeking a medical abortion in South Dakota must visit a provider, wait 72 hours, then return to take the first drug, mifepristone. “How many women will be unable to comply, unable to return for the third time in about a week and decide they just have to take their chances and skip taking the second drug?” asked Nancy Turbak Berry, a lawyer representing Planned Parenthood, at the committee’s meeting last month. “How many emergency rooms and clinics in the outlying areas of our state are going to be faced with unnecessary medical emergencies?” One medical trial, which published its findings in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology, tried to study the effects of women either not taking the second drug or taking the hormone progesterone, which anti-abortion activists claim may stop a medical abortion.

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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 …

Editorial: Don’t be fooled by Trump’s and Republicans’ abortion myths
5 months, 3 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 …

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 …

Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances
7 months, 3 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 …

Louisiana lawmakers vote to restrict abortion pill
7 months, 3 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 lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors
7 months, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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 …

Some North Carolina abortion pill restrictions are unlawful, federal judge says
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Some North Carolina abortion pill restrictions are unlawful, federal judge says

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Some of North Carolina government’s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills, such as requiring that doctors to prescribe and provide the drug to the patient in person, are unlawful because they frustrate the goal of Congress to use federal regulators to ensure the drug is distributed safely, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Yet some “statutory requirements of the …

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 …

Supreme Court’s antiabortion conservatives could restrict abortion pills sent by mail, even in blue states
9 months, 3 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 …

Yes, some medication abortion patients go to the ER — but it may not be for what you think
9 months, 3 weeks 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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

US Supreme Court’s abortion pill order spares safe havens
1 year, 9 months ago

US Supreme Court’s abortion pill order spares safe havens

Associated Press  

Before the U.S. Supreme Court stepped in Friday, access to an abortion pill was in line to become more cumbersome in California, New York and some other states that have positioned themselves as safe havens for those seeking to end their pregnancies. That would have left just eight states where returning to the pre-2016 rules could have had a major …

Abortion providers scramble as courts restrict pills
1 year, 9 months ago

Abortion providers scramble as courts restrict pills

Associated Press  

Doctors, clinics and telehealth providers across the country are scrambling to figure out how they will continue to provide the most common type of abortion after a federal appeals court imposed new restrictions on a key abortion medication. But order-by-mail abortion provider Aid Access won’t let a U.S. court order stop it from prescribing mifepristone and misoprostol by telehealth, Dr. …

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 …

Federal appeals court preserves access to abortion drug but with tighter rules
1 year, 9 months ago

Federal appeals court preserves access to abortion drug but with tighter rules

NPR  

Federal appeals court preserves access to abortion drug but with tighter rules Enlarge this image toggle caption Charlie Riedel/AP Charlie Riedel/AP AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail. …

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 …

With abortion pill access uncertain, states strike deals to stock up
1 year, 9 months ago

With abortion pill access uncertain, states strike deals to stock up

NPR  

With abortion pill access uncertain, states strike deals to stock up Enlarge this image toggle caption Charlie Neibergall/AP Charlie Neibergall/AP Several states say they are stocking up on medications used to induce abortions as a major abortion pill appears poised to potentially become unavailable in the U.S. New York has become the latest state to announce it's stocking up on …

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 …

'Severe, almost unimaginable cost': Physicians react to ruling placing abortion pill use in jeopardy
1 year, 9 months ago

'Severe, almost unimaginable cost': Physicians react to ruling placing abortion pill use in jeopardy

Raw Story  

A Texas federal judge with a history of anti-abortion beliefs has thrown into jeopardy the most common form of abortion since Roe v. Wade fell last summer. Ruling has implications for miscarriage management, doctor says In a “friend of the court” brief filed in the lawsuit in February, leading medical and public health societies that include the American College of …

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 …

Wyoming governor signs bill prohibiting abortion pills
1 year, 9 months ago

Wyoming governor signs bill prohibiting abortion pills

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 Wyoming’s Republican governor Mark …

Long-used US abortion pill under threat in Texas lawsuit
1 year, 9 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 …

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 …

US court to hear lawsuit over legality of abortion pill
1 year, 10 months ago

US court to hear lawsuit over legality of abortion pill

Firstpost  

US District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk announced Monday the hearing in Amarillo, Texas on a lawsuit alleging the US Food and Drug Administration should never have approved the ‘dangerous’ prescription pill in 2000 Washington: A Texas courtroom will be the latest battleground in the national fight over abortion rights when a judge hears arguments Wednesday over the legality of a …

Texas judge could halt access to abortion pill mifepristone
1 year, 10 months ago

Texas judge could halt access to abortion pill mifepristone

Al Jazeera  

Mifepristone is used in half of abortions that happen via United States clinics and physicians’ offices. “If the judge does rule to force the FDA to revoke its approval of mifepristone, then that will effectively ban the use of mifepristone nationwide, and that includes in states that have enacted rigorous protections for abortion access,” Duffy told Al Jazeera. The lawsuit …

A new post-Roe reality: What will medical abortion look like if Trump judge bans mifepristone pill?
1 year, 11 months ago

A new post-Roe reality: What will medical abortion look like if Trump judge bans mifepristone pill?

Salon  

A Trump-appointed federal judge is expected to hand down a decision this month that could block access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in the recommended medication abortion regimen. "Self-managed medication abortion using misoprostol provided by an online telemedicine service has a high rate of effectiveness and a low rate of serious adverse events," the authors concluded. "It …

If the “Abortion Pill” Gets Banned, There’s Still One Good Move
1 year, 11 months ago

If the “Abortion Pill” Gets Banned, There’s Still One Good Move

Slate  

When people refer to “the abortion pill,” they’re usually talking about mifepristone, the progesterone-inhibiting drug that was developed in France in the 1980s and approved in the U.S. in 2000. And at this point, we’re sort of used to the shock, and instead of just sitting with that shock, we’re really trying to come up with offensive moves or plans …

A Trump-appointed Texas judge could force a major abortion pill off the market
1 year, 11 months ago

A Trump-appointed Texas judge could force a major abortion pill off the market

NPR  

A Trump-appointed Texas judge could force a major abortion pill off the market Enlarge this image Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images A case before a federal judge in Texas could dramatically alter abortion access in the United States – at least as much, some experts say, as the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's …

Op-Ed: Abortion pills in pharmacies are the future. But the FDA should do more to expand access
2 years ago

Op-Ed: Abortion pills in pharmacies are the future. But the FDA should do more to expand access

LA Times  

Boxes of mifepristone, used in medication abortion, line a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala. On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took a first step toward making abortion pills available at retail pharmacies. They released new rules outlining how both bricks-and-mortar and mail-order pharmacies can get certified to dispense mifepristone, the first pill in …

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

Why US is allowing abortion pill access at pharmacies and its significance post Roe
2 years ago

Why US is allowing abortion pill access at pharmacies and its significance post Roe

Firstpost  

Mifepristone is usually taken in combination with a second drug called misoprostol to induce a medication abortion. The US FDA will now allow retail pharmacies to sell the abortion pill for the first time The Joe Biden administration will now allow the abortion pill mifepristone to be sold in US pharmacies. The US Food and Drug Administration is allowing pharmacies …

FDA finalizes rule expanding availability of abortion pills
2 years ago

FDA finalizes rule expanding availability of abortion pills

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — 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. Still, the rule change’s impact has been blunted by numerous state laws limiting abortion broadly and the pills specifically. Danco Laboratories, which sells branded Mifeprex, said in a statement the change …

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

Federal government warns rebel pharmacists who refuse to fill abortion pill prescriptions
2 years, 6 months ago

Federal government warns rebel pharmacists who refuse to fill abortion pill prescriptions

Salon  

After a series of well-publicized incidents, federal health officials sent U.S. pharmacies a stern warning: pharmacists can't discriminate against pharmacy customers when it comes to dispensing medications that can be used for abortions or birth control — they must comply with federal civil rights laws. "If a pharmacy refuses to fill the individual's prescription — including medications needed to manage …

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