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fromJezebel
1 day ago
SF politics

Marty Makary Could Get the Boot for Being Too Slow to Attack Abortion Access

US politics
fromJezebel
8 months ago

22 GOP AGs Just Quietly Launched a New Attack on the Abortion Pill

GOP leaders are pursuing a re-review of mifepristone, using flawed data to claim it poses serious risks to women.
Alternative medicine
fromBrooklyn Eagle
11 months ago

Attorneys general ask FDA to lift restrictions on abortion drug mifepristone

The FDA should eliminate outdated restrictions on mifepristone, as it is safe and effective according to petitioners, including several state attorneys general.
SF politics
fromJezebel
1 day ago

Marty Makary Could Get the Boot for Being Too Slow to Attack Abortion Access

Trump signed off on a plan to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary amid controversy over abortion, drug policy, and vaping handling.
Alternative medicine
fromBrooklyn Eagle
11 months ago

Attorneys general ask FDA to lift restrictions on abortion drug mifepristone

The FDA should eliminate outdated restrictions on mifepristone, as it is safe and effective according to petitioners, including several state attorneys general.
#supreme-court
fromJezebel
21 hours ago
Healthcare

Nation Sits Tight to See if SCOTUS Will Preserve-or Vanish-the Right to a Telehealth Abortion

Medicine
fromTruthout
1 week ago

Temporary Supreme Court Stay Restores Mail Access to Mifepristone For 1 Week

The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily restored access to telehealth prescriptions for mifepristone until at least May 11, 2024.
Medicine
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

Supreme Court temporarily reinstates access to abortion drug mifepristone by mail

The Supreme Court temporarily reinstated access to mifepristone by mail until at least May 11, pending further review of regulations.
Healthcare
fromJezebel
21 hours ago

Nation Sits Tight to See if SCOTUS Will Preserve-or Vanish-the Right to a Telehealth Abortion

A Supreme Court decision on telehealth abortions is expected by Thursday, extending uncertainty for access to mifepristone.
Healthcare
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Abortion pill by mail allowed for at least 3 more days, the Supreme Court says

Rules allowing telemedicine prescribing of mifepristone remain in effect for at least three more days while the Supreme Court considers a national ban.
Public health
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

Louisiana's Disregard for Pregnant People and Black Voters Must Not Be Ignored

The Supreme Court temporarily allows mifepristone to be mailed nationwide, countering lower court restrictions on medication abortion access.
Medicine
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

Supreme Court temporarily reinstates access to abortion drug mifepristone by mail

The Supreme Court temporarily reinstated access to mifepristone by mail until at least May 11, pending further review of regulations.
fromwww.npr.org
23 hours ago

FDA commissioner is set to resign after tumultuous tenure

“Marty is a great guy. He's a friend of mine. He's a wonderful man, and he's going to be off and the assistant, the deputy, is taking over temporarily,” Trump said. “He was having some difficulty, you know, he's a great doctor, and he was having some difficulty. But he's going to go on and he's going to do well.”
US news
fromAxios
1 day ago

Supreme Court extends freeze on abortion pill restrictions

Justice Samuel Alito extended a stay he granted a week ago in response to requests from drugmakers Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro to restore access to mifepristone via teleprescribing and the mails.
Law
#telehealth
Law
fromLos Angeles Times
4 days ago

California abortion pill suppliers ready with workaround in case of Supreme Court ban

Telehealth abortion providers and suppliers are prepared to rapidly switch from mifepristone-based medication abortion to alternative drug combinations if access is restricted.
Healthcare
fromAxios
1 week ago

Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill

The stay aims to clarify mifepristone access for pharmacies and telehealth providers amid legal challenges.
Medicine
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

The Fifth Circuit Seeks to Unilaterally Reimpose an Outdated Abortion Pill Protocol

The Fifth Circuit reimposes restrictions on mifepristone, banning telehealth for medication abortion temporarily.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 year ago

Trump administration asks court to toss suit restricting access to abortion drug

The DOJ moved to dismiss a lawsuit from three GOP states aiming to limit telehealth access to abortion medication mifepristone.
#abortion-law
Healthcare
fromJezebel
4 days ago

Oklahoma's Latest Anti-Abortion Law Wants to Scare Residents From Helping Each Other

Oklahoma H.B. 1168 adds felony penalties to telehealth abortion medication access, including up to $100,000 fines and 10 years in prison.
Healthcare
fromJezebel
4 days ago

Oklahoma's Latest Anti-Abortion Law Wants to Scare Residents From Helping Each Other

Oklahoma H.B. 1168 adds felony penalties to telehealth abortion medication access, including up to $100,000 fines and 10 years in prison.
#abortion
fromBoston.com
1 week ago
US news

Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail, and pharmacies

Medicine
fromThe Atlantic
6 days ago

Abortion, Without the Abortion Pill

Providers are adapting to offer medication abortion without mifepristone after a court ruling blocked its online prescription and mailing.
Medicine
fromWIRED
1 week ago

Telehealth Abortion Is Still Possible Without Mifepristone

A federal appeals court reinstated a requirement for in-person pickup of mifepristone, causing confusion and fear among patients seeking medication abortions.
US politics
fromJezebel
1 week ago

SCOTUS Rules Telehealth Abortions Safe, For Now

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked a 5th Circuit ruling that would have halted telehealth abortions nationwide.
fromBoston.com
1 week ago
US news

Supreme Court restores access to abortion pill mifepristone through telehealth, mail, and pharmacies

#abortion-rights
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago
Right-wing politics

Supreme Court Conservatives Promised That Repealing Roe Would Solve a Major Problem. They've Made It Infinitely Worse.

Healthcare
fromAxios
1 week ago

Appeals court limits abortion pill access

A three-judge panel supported Louisiana's challenge to federal mifepristone rules, impacting access to abortion medication.
US politics
fromTruthout
4 months ago

Major Battles for Reproductive Rights in 2026 Will Play Out in FDA and Courts

Federal actions and court decisions will likely determine access to mailed medication abortion in 2026 more than state ballot measures.
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago
Right-wing politics

Supreme Court Conservatives Promised That Repealing Roe Would Solve a Major Problem. They've Made It Infinitely Worse.

Healthcare
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

They Were Never Going to Stop After "Dobbs." We Can Minimize the Harm.

The Fifth Circuit ruling mandates in-person dispensing of mifepristone, severely impacting access to medication abortion care in the U.S.
Public health
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 week ago

UCSF doctor warns 'devastating impacts' after federal court of appeals halts abortion pills via mail

A federal appeals court ruling temporarily blocks access to the abortion pill by mail, impacting telehealth services for abortion care.
Medicine
fromTruthout
1 week ago

US Appeals Court Ruling Targets Access to Abortion Medication

The 5th Circuit temporarily blocked a federal rule allowing mifepristone to be dispensed by mail, limiting access to abortion medication nationwide.
Healthcare
fromAxios
1 week ago

Appeals court limits abortion pill access

A three-judge panel supported Louisiana's challenge to federal mifepristone rules, impacting access to abortion medication.
#abortion-access
US politics
fromScary Mommy
8 months ago

RFK Jr. May Be Taking Steps To Ban The Abortion Pill

Federal agencies are being positioned to restrict access to the abortion medication mifepristone despite extensive evidence supporting its safety.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
8 months ago

A MAGA Judge May Soon Make This Abortion-Pill Case Even Scarier

Florida and Texas asked to join a federal lawsuit seeking to revoke mifepristone's FDA approval or ban telemedicine prescriptions, threatening nationwide abortion access.
Healthcare
fromAxios
1 week ago

Abortion pill rulings cause whiplash and confusion

Abortion access is in turmoil due to legal challenges affecting medication dispensing and political implications for the Trump administration.
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Here's how medication abortion works with just one drug that's still fully available

Misoprostol has been on the market longer and was first approved to treat gastric ulcers. It is also used for IUD insertion and to treat hemorrhage.
US news
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Abortion pill maker asks US supreme court to halt ban on mail-order access

Danco Laboratories filed an emergency appeal to halt a ruling requiring in-person exams for prescribing mifepristone, impacting access to the abortion pill.
#telehealth-abortion
fromJezebel
1 month ago

New Research Makes Wild Suggestion: The Abortion Pill Could Be Over the Counter

"There's so much discussion about the restrictions on medication abortion that are not evidence-based. It's exciting to see science pointing us in another direction, where access could be expanded."
Medicine
#fda-review
#medication-abortion
Alternative medicine
fromThe Nation
11 months ago

The Misinformation Campaign Trying to Bring Down Abortion Pills

Medication abortion is safe and effective, but it faces political attacks driven by misinformation and poor scientific claims.
Alternative medicine
fromThe Nation
11 months ago

The Misinformation Campaign Trying to Bring Down Abortion Pills

Medication abortion is safe and effective, but it faces political attacks driven by misinformation and poor scientific claims.
US politics
fromJezebel
3 months ago

Trump Admin Suddenly Wants Louisiana to Drop Abortion Pill Lawsuit. I Wonder Why...

The DOJ asked a federal court to pause a Louisiana lawsuit challenging mifepristone, citing the FDA's ongoing review and potential judicial resource waste.
#josh-hawley
fromJezebel
3 months ago
US politics

Josh Hawley Blew His Big Anti-Abortion Moment Harassing a Doctor About Gender Identity

fromJezebel
3 months ago
US politics

Josh Hawley Blew His Big Anti-Abortion Moment Harassing a Doctor About Gender Identity

fromJezebel
3 months ago

New Study Just Dropped: Mifepristone, for the Millionth Time, Is Safe

Well, would you look at that? Not only is water wet, the ocean vast, and the Beckham feud enduring, but the abortion pill mifepristone is safe-and the FDA studies between 2011 and 2023 that declared it so were based on nothing other than fact and real science. If only we knew how good we had it when we had it.
US politics
#water-contamination
US politics
fromJezebel
4 months ago

Josh Hawley's Wife Asks Judge to Immediately Restrict Abortion Pills Nationwide

A lawsuit seeks to end telemedicine prescriptions of mifepristone, potentially reducing nationwide abortion access and reversing FDA changes that expanded medication abortion by mail.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
4 months ago

Florida and Texas launch 'legal attack' in push to restrict abortion medication nationally

Conservative states seek to overturn FDA approval and mail delivery of mifepristone, pursuing a ban that would restrict access to a widely used abortion medication.
#fda-approval
US politics
fromJezebel
5 months ago

FDA Hit With 2nd Lawsuit Over Needless Abortion Pill Investigation

The FDA withheld information about its investigation into mifepristone and faces FOIA lawsuits from the ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights.
Public health
fromTruthout
5 months ago

GOP Lawmakers Are Using a Wild Conspiracy Theory to Attack Medication Abortion

Anti-abortion politicians requested EPA funding to study alleged mifepristone residues in water, promoting unproven claims and raising surveillance and privacy concerns.
US politics
fromJezebel
6 months ago

Florida and Nebraska Just Killed My Blue Wave High

Florida Attorney General filed a 37-page lawsuit seeking $350 million against Planned Parenthood, alleging false claims about mifepristone and demanding per-occurrence penalties.
fromTruthout
6 months ago

Leonard Leo Doesn't Need Trump's Backing to Further His Anti-Abortion Agenda

At the end of August, Texas and Florida's attorneys general asked to join GOP attorneys general from Missouri, Idaho, and Kansas in a yearslong lawsuit targeting mifepristone - breathing new life into the litigation attacking the most widely used method of abortion in the United States.
US politics
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
7 months ago

Trump Might Have Just Signaled a Momentous Change on Abortion

A government study of mifepristone, prompted by a non-peer-reviewed conservative report, risks triggering sweeping national abortion restrictions under political pressure.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago

The abortion pill is safe. But why should Trump let facts get in the way of his agenda? | Moira Donegan

Mifepristone is safe; rigorous studies show serious complications under 0.5%, while a non-peer-reviewed conservative report inflated risks to nearly 11%.
US politics
fromAxios
7 months ago

RFK Jr. sets off new abortion alarms with latest move

An FDA safety review of mifepristone could enable reinstating in-person dispensing, threatening telehealth abortion access amid GOP pressure and potential political backlash.
#abortion-policy
#breast-cancer
#costco
#abortion-pill
US news
fromNew York Post
11 months ago

HHS chief RFK Jr. says he's ordered a 'complete review' of chemical abortion pill

Health Secretary RFK Jr. ordered a review of the mifepristone abortion pill citing alarming safety concerns.
#reproductive-rights
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
11 months ago

The Real Meaning of RFK Jr.'s Cryptic New Remarks on Abortion

The Trump administration may delay reproductive rights decisions by launching an investigation into mifepristone, providing cover for potential policy changes.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
11 months ago

The Real Meaning of RFK Jr.'s Cryptic New Remarks on Abortion

The Trump administration may delay reproductive rights decisions by launching an investigation into mifepristone, providing cover for potential policy changes.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 year ago

The Trump administration is defending abortion pill access in court. What?

The Trump administration's request to dismiss the mifepristone lawsuit appears as a defense of the drug, despite the president's history of rolling back abortion rights.
US politics
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