'Severe, almost unimaginable cost': Physicians react to ruling placing abortion pill use in jeopardy
1 year, 11 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 Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and the American Medical Association wrote: “Recent research has shown that prescribed mifepristone, in conjunction with misoprostol, improves safety outcomes for patients experiencing pregnancy loss.” Mifepristone blocks the hormone progesterone, which a pregnancy needs to progress. Some doctors, like Colson, plan to recommend misoprostol alone for patients who want or can only access abortion via medication – something OB-GYNs sometimes did before the FDA approved mifepristone in 2000. “Making mifepristone unavailable nationwide — even in states where abortion remains legal — will impose a severe, almost unimaginable cost on pregnant people throughout the United States,” write the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the other medical and public health societies in its brief. “Medication abortion’s relative availability makes it more accessible to patients who otherwise face challenges to access medical care, including low-income patients and patients of color—the very people who are most likely to experience severe maternal morbidity and more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications.” Georgia Recorder is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c public charity.

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US states prepare for battle over abortion pills
3 weeks, 4 days 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 …

Red states’ fine, charge against New York doctor over abortion pills are test of shield laws
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Red states’ fine, charge against New York doctor over abortion pills are test of shield laws

LA Times  

A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the blue state’s shield law against the two red states’ strict abortion bans. Texas didn’t bring criminal charges against Dr. Maggie Carpenter, but she is charged with a felony in Louisiana for allegedly prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor. Jeff Landry’s …

New York doctor is fined in Texas, charged in Louisiana over abortion pills in tests of shield laws
1 month, 2 weeks ago

New York doctor is fined in Texas, charged in Louisiana over abortion pills in tests of shield laws

Associated Press  

DALLAS — A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s shield law against the two conservative states’ abortion bans, which are among the strictest in the country. Texas didn’t bring criminal charges against Dr. Maggie Carpenter, but she’s charged with a felony in Louisiana for allegedly prescribing …

Texas judge fines NY doctor at least $100,000 for...
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Texas judge fines NY doctor at least $100,000 for...

Daily Mail  

By Jack Queen Feb 13 - A Texas state judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay a penalty of at least $100,000 and to stop providing abortion pills to women in the state, in a win for Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Judge Bryan Gantt in Collin County, Texas, entered a default judgment against New Paltz, …

Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor For Prescribing Abortion Pills To A Woman Near Dallas
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Texas Judge Fines New York Doctor For Prescribing Abortion Pills To A Woman Near Dallas

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ALBANY, N.Y. — A Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, a ruling that could test “shield laws” in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal. Kathy Hochul rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite the same doctor, Dr. Maggie …

Texas judge fines New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Texas judge fines New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas

Associated Press  

ALBANY, N.Y. — A Texas judge on Thursday ordered a New York doctor to pay more than $100,000 in penalties for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, a ruling that could test “shield laws” in Democratic-controlled states where abortion is legal. Kathy Hochul rejected a request from Louisiana to extradite the same doctor, Dr. Maggie Carpenter, who was …

What to know about proposals to ban abortion pills and punish women who seek abortion
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1 month, 3 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, 3 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 …

New York doctor is indicted for prescribing abortion pill to teen in Louisiana in first of its kind case
2 months ago

New York doctor is indicted for prescribing abortion pill to teen in Louisiana in first of its kind case

Daily Mail  

A New York doctor was indicted by a grand jury in Louisiana on criminal abortion charges for allegedly prescribing an abortion-inducing drug to a teen in the state, which has one of the country's strictest abortion bans. Ten jurors in the West Baton Rouge District Court unanimously voted to charge Margaret Carpenter and her practice, Nightingale Medical in New Paltz, …

What to know about abortion developments in the states and courts as Trump takes office
2 months, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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 …

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 …

Abortions are up in U.S., with women turning to pills and travel
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3 months ago

Abortions are up in U.S., with women turning to pills and travel

LA Times  

Two women at a watch party in Kansas City, Mo., react after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri Constitution was passed on Nov. 5. It’s now been two and a half years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and opened the door for states to implement bans. Here’s a look at data on where things stand: …

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 …

New York doctor sued for prescribing abortion pills to a Texas woman via telemedicine
3 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

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

Texas' Abortion Pill Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Marks New Challenge To Interstate Telemedicine
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3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Maryland is training more health workers to offer abortion care

Salon  

In the two counties around nurse practitioner Samantha Marsee’s clinic in rural northeastern Maryland, there’s not a single clinic that provides abortions. In 2022, Maryland lawmakers passed the Abortion Care Access Act, expanding the type of medical care nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives could offer, including abortion, and the training program “prioritized that group,” Bondy said. As more …

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 …

Republican lawmakers have steered over half a billion in taxpayer dollars to anti-abortion clinics. Where does it go next?
5 months, 1 week 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, …

Missouri AG tells judge reducing teen pregnancies would hurt state financially
5 months, 1 week ago

Missouri AG tells judge reducing teen pregnancies would hurt state financially

Raw Story  

The lawsuit demands the federal government restore its previous restrictions on mifepristone by requiring three in-person doctor visits, reducing the gestational period during which the medication can be taken from 10 weeks to seven and rolling back recent federal policy that allowed for the mailing of mifepristone and allowed for prescriptions to be made online or through pharmacies. Molly Meegan, …

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says
5 months, 1 week ago

Women in states with bans are getting abortions at similar rates as under Roe, report says

The Independent  

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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 …

Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tennessee judges say doctors can't be disciplined for providing emergency abortions

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 A three-judge panel on Thursday …

Republicans Just Renewed Their Attack On Abortion Pills
5 months, 2 weeks 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 …

It's harder to pay and travel for abortion care, and support funds are struggling
6 months ago

It's harder to pay and travel for abortion care, and support funds are struggling

NPR  

It's harder to pay and travel for abortion care, and support funds are struggling toggle caption Stephanie Colombini/WUSF Getting an abortion can cost hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, especially if a patient must leave a state with a strict abortion ban. Sponsor Message “We're in the midst of an abortion funding crisis,” says Oriaku Njoku, the executive director of …

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

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

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Abortions are down under Florida’s 6-week ban but not by as much as in other states, study says
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortions are down under Florida’s 6-week ban but not by as much as in other states, study says

Associated Press  

When Florida’s ban on abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy began on May 1, the number of abortions didn’t drop as much as it has when other states implemented similar policies, a study released Thursday estimates. The study by the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion access, suggests that Florida clinics, abortion funds and support networks were …

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Alaska law saying only doctors can provide abortions is unconstitutional, judge rules

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — An Alaska judge struck down Wednesday a decades-old state law that restricted who could perform abortions in the state. Alaska Superior Court Judge Josie Garton in 2021 granted the group’s request to allow advanced practice clinicians to provide medication abortion pending her decision in the underlying case. Planned Parenthood in its lawsuit argued there was no medical …

Self-managed abortions have become more common in the US post-Dobbs, study shows
8 months ago

Self-managed abortions have become more common in the US post-Dobbs, study shows

CNN  

CNN — Access to abortion facilities has become more restricted since the Supreme Court revoked the federal right to abortion in the United States, and new research suggests that self-managed abortions – often with unsafe and ineffective methods – have increased in the wake of those restrictions. The share of women who say they have self-managed an abortion has jumped …

Editorial: Don’t be fooled by Trump’s and Republicans’ abortion myths
8 months, 1 week ago

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

LA Times  

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

The SCOTUS abortion pill case taught women how to access mifepristone.
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The SCOTUS abortion pill case taught women how to access mifepristone.

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. “The SCOTUS case raised awareness of abortion pills and the pills-by-mail option,” said Elisa Wells, co-founder of Plan C, which maintains a website providing a comprehensive guide for obtaining abortion pills through telehealth, community networks, and online pill vendors in all 50 states. …

Abortion pill access is unchanged after the Supreme Court’s decision. Here’s what you need to know
9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Attack On Abortion Pill
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Attack On Abortion Pill

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Supreme Court unanimously rejected calls to restrict access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortion, in a Thursday morning ruling. “But citizens and doctors do not have standing to sue simply because others are allowed to engage in certain activities ― at least without the plaintiffs demonstrating how they would be injured …

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication

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 The Supreme Court on Thursday …

Supreme Court won’t restrict access to abortion pill
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court won’t restrict access to abortion pill

Politico  

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

Editorial: Supreme Court keeps medication abortion safe — for now
9 months, 3 weeks 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 upholds FDA’s approval of abortion pills for early pregnancies
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court upholds FDA’s approval of abortion pills for early pregnancies

LA Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a conservative Christian group’s claim that the abortion medication used by more than 5 million American women is unsafe and should be withdrawn from the market. “The plaintiffs have sincere legal, moral, ideological, and policy objections to elective abortion and to FDA’s relaxed regulation of mifepristone,” Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote for the unanimous …

Challenge to abortion drug rejected by U.S. Supreme Court
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion

NPR  

Why providers say abortion ban exceptions continue to cause confusion toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Dr. Rachel Humphrey went to medical school, she says she never imagined caring for her patients could land her in prison. Humphrey says an exemption to protect a pregnant person’s life makes sense on the surface, but that it …

Federal judge blocks some rules on abortion pills in North Carolina
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Federal judge blocks some rules on abortion pills in North Carolina

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — A federal judge has permanently blocked some efforts in North Carolina to restrict how abortion pills can be dispensed, saying they are unlawfully in conflict with the authority of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The injunction entered Monday by U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles in Greensboro gives permanence to her April 30 ruling that some of …

Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances
10 months, 1 week 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
10 months, 1 week 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
10 months, 1 week 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
10 months, 1 week 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 …

Survey finds 8,000 women a month got abortion pills despite their states’ bans or restrictions
10 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Despite state bans, abortions nationwide are up, driven by telehealth
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Despite state bans, abortions nationwide are up, driven by telehealth

NPR  

Despite state bans, abortions nationwide are up, driven by telehealth Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images Drew Angerer/AFP via Getty Images In the 18 months following the Supreme Court's decision that ended federal protection for abortion, the number of abortions in the U.S. has continued to grow, according to The Society of Family Planning's WeCount project. …

Opinion: Here’s How Dangerous This SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Could Be
11 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Here’s How Dangerous This SCOTUS Abortion Ruling Could Be

Huff Post  

The U.S. Supreme Court is about to rule on a case in which abortion bans in several states collide with the daily reality of emergency medicine in hospitals across the nation ― and its decision will have life-and-death implications. At the heart of Idaho v. United States and Moyle v. United States is whether hospital emergency departments in states that …

Erin Hawley Wants ER Doctors Like Me to Do What, Now?
55 years, 3 months ago

Erin Hawley Wants ER Doctors Like Me to Do What, Now?

Slate  

Listening to oral arguments on Tuesday in the Supreme Court’s medication abortion case as an emergency room physician who has seen my share of miscarriage management, it was hard to escape a feeling of rage and disequilibrium. On almost every one of my emergency department shifts, I care for a patient who is having vaginal bleeding while pregnant or being …

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

Editorial: On medication abortion, the Supreme Court may actually do the right thing
1 year ago

Editorial: On medication abortion, the Supreme Court may actually do the right thing

LA Times  

Abortion-rights activists rally Tuesday outside the Supreme Court. It always seemed farfetched that anti-abortion doctors could argue that they have the right to ask a court to severely restrict a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration simply because they don’t want to treat women who might experience complications. Last year, U.S. District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk …

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