WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago. At stake is the ease of access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year. Abortion opponents are… Continue reading Supreme Court Hears Arguments Tuesday In Case That Could Restrict Access To Abortion Medication
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Doctors fear restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone
About two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the court on Tuesday will revisit the issue of reproductive rights, this time contemplating whether to limit access to mifepristone, the first of two pills used in medication abortion. Ahead of oral arguments and eventual ruling, doctors and patient advocates are expressing alarm about… Continue reading Doctors fear restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone
Abortion rights across the US: we track where laws stand in every state | Roe v Wade
Banned at conception or after 6 weeks Banned after 12-13 weeks Banned after 15-18 weeks The US supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade may have abolished the national right to abortion, but the state-by-state battle for abortion rights is far from over. Since Roe was overturned in 2022, 14 states have enacted near-total… Continue reading Abortion rights across the US: we track where laws stand in every state | Roe v Wade
Self-Managed Abortion Increased After Roe Was Overturned
Self-managed abortions using abortion pills increased in the six months following the Supreme Court decision that repealed federal abortion protections, new research shows. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Monday, is a groundbreaking look at how self-managed abortion using abortion pills is becoming more and more common since the… Continue reading Self-Managed Abortion Increased After Roe Was Overturned
Supreme Court Again Confronts Abortion, This Time Over Access To Widely Used Medication
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the race… Continue reading Supreme Court Again Confronts Abortion, This Time Over Access To Widely Used Medication
Mifepristone Access Is Coming Before The US Supreme Court. How Safe Is This Abortion Pill?
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. The central dispute in the case is whether the Food and Drug Administration overlooked serious safety problems when it made… Continue reading Mifepristone Access Is Coming Before The US Supreme Court. How Safe Is This Abortion Pill?
‘Cruel’: the supreme court could send one-time abortion deserts like Hawaii back in time | Abortion
They treated a patient who had wanted to get pregnant, but decided to get an abortion rather than have a child with her abusive partner. They treated patients who had lost their houses in the 2023 Maui fires, found themselves homeless and pregnant, and wanted abortions. They treated patients who got pregnant after someone tampered… Continue reading ‘Cruel’: the supreme court could send one-time abortion deserts like Hawaii back in time | Abortion
Breyer Gives Cryptic Answer On Foiled Supreme Court Abortion 'Compromise'
Chief Justice John Roberts reportedly tried to salvage Roe v. Wade with a compromise opinion before the Dobbs draft leaked. Source link
From IVF to birth control, Supreme Court abortion pill case could spark challenges to other drugs
WASHINGTON — Vaccines, birth control pills, hormone therapies and fertility drugs would be subject to new litigation if the Supreme Court endorses a challenge to abortion pill mifepristone, pharmaceutical industry experts warn. When the court on Tuesday weighs whether to roll back Food and Drug Administration findings that made mifepristone more readily available, it is… Continue reading From IVF to birth control, Supreme Court abortion pill case could spark challenges to other drugs
How The Far Right Engineered An Assault On Medication Abortion
The Supreme Court took a sledgehammer to U.S. abortion rights two years ago, ostensibly sending it back to the states. But the campaign to dismantle abortion access continues, spurred on by a powerful network of ultraconservatives. On Tuesday, the justices will hear arguments in a case specially designed to give them another opportunity to erode… Continue reading How The Far Right Engineered An Assault On Medication Abortion