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
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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?
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
Taking morning-after pill with another drug is much more effective, study finds | Contraception and family planning
Women who take a painkilling tablet alongside the world’s most widely used morning-after pill have a far smaller risk of becoming pregnant than those who rely on emergency contraception alone. Sexual health experts have hailed the finding, reported on Thursday in the Lancet, as a significant and “very exciting” potential breakthrough that could make it… Continue reading Taking morning-after pill with another drug is much more effective, study finds | Contraception and family planning
Appeals court upholds some restrictions on abortion pill access
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld parts of a decision limiting access to a widely used abortion pill, but the ruling will have no immediate or practical impact on the availability of the drug, mifepristone. In their ruling, a three-judge panel on the conservative-leaning U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Food… Continue reading Appeals court upholds some restrictions on abortion pill access
FDA set to decide on postpartum depression pill
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