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Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

US appeals court blocks mail-order access to abortion drugs

Access to mifepristone could be severely limited following a US appeals court ruling blocking mail distribution of the drug.
#telehealth
Medicine
fromThe Nation
17 hours 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The Fifth Circuit Seeks to Unilaterally Reimpose an Outdated Abortion Pill Protocol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
11 months 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.
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
17 hours 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.
#abortion-rights
US politics
fromTruthout
11 months ago

Latest Attack on Abortion Pill Is Based on Project 2025 Propaganda, Critics Say

Concerns arise over mifepristone safety review led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid conflicting scientific opinions.
Alternative medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 months ago

Conservatives are trumpeting a new abortion-pill study. One problem: it's bogus | Moira Donegan

Mifepristone, a key abortion pill, empowers women to control their reproductive choices despite ongoing opposition and restrictions.
Public health
fromABC7 San Francisco
17 hours 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
21 hours 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 day 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
11 months ago

Latest Attack on Abortion Pill Is Based on Project 2025 Propaganda, Critics Say

Concerns arise over mifepristone safety review led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid conflicting scientific opinions.
Alternative medicine
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 months ago

Conservatives are trumpeting a new abortion-pill study. One problem: it's bogus | Moira Donegan

Mifepristone, a key abortion pill, empowers women to control their reproductive choices despite ongoing opposition and restrictions.
#abortion
fromFortune
22 hours ago
Medicine

Federal appeals court blocks mifepristone distribution by mail in biggest jolt to abortion policy since the overturning of Roe v. Wade | Fortune

US politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

Trump Has Actually Been Very Canny About the Abortion Pill. That May Be About to Change.

Abortion access and numbers in the U.S. remain stable, with mifepristone and misoprostol being the primary methods used.
US politics
fromJezebel
8 months ago

Costco Caves to the Anti-Abortion Movement

Costco will not dispense mifepristone due to pressure from right-wing groups and claims of low demand.
Medicine
fromFortune
22 hours ago

Federal appeals court blocks mifepristone distribution by mail in biggest jolt to abortion policy since the overturning of Roe v. Wade | Fortune

A federal appeals court has restricted access to mifepristone, requiring in-person distribution, impacting abortion access across the U.S.
Medicine
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

An appeals court has ended telemedicine abortion pill access nationally, for now

Telemedicine access to the abortion pill mifepristone has been ended nationally by a Louisiana court ruling.
Medicine
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 day ago

Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone

A federal appeals court has blocked mailing prescriptions for Mifepristone, requiring in-person distribution at clinics.
Medicine
fromwww.npr.org
1 day ago

Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone

A federal appeals court has blocked mailing prescriptions of mifepristone, requiring in-person distribution at clinics.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

Trump Has Actually Been Very Canny About the Abortion Pill. That May Be About to Change.

Abortion access and numbers in the U.S. remain stable, with mifepristone and misoprostol being the primary methods used.
#telehealth-abortion
fromJezebel
3 weeks 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
10 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
10 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
5 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
#fda
Alternative medicine
fromBrooklyn Eagle
10 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.
fromJezebel
7 months ago

Louisiana Wants to Prosecute Another Doctor for Allegedly Mailing Abortion Pills

extra-territorial mailing of abortion drugs is illegal under state law.
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
fromLos Angeles Times
10 months ago
Alternative medicine

California petitions FDA to undo RFK Jr.'s new limits on abortion pill mifepristone

California and three other states petition FDA to ease mifepristone restrictions, citing its safety and critical need for women's healthcare.
fromNew York Post
11 months ago
US news

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.
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
11 months 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
fromNew York Post
1 year ago

Exclusive | One in 10 chemical abortions end in serious health complications: report

Our data shows that chemical abortion poses greater risks to women in real-world clinical use than revealed in the clinical trials of mifepristone and that the rate of serious adverse events from the chemical abortion regimen continues to grow in recent years.
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