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fromThe Nation
5 days ago
Intellectual property law

What the Dissents in the Mifepristone Case Tell Us About What's to Come

Law
fromAxios
1 week ago

Supreme Court extends freeze on abortion pill restrictions

A Supreme Court justice extended a stay blocking expanded mifepristone access via teleprescribing and mail after drugmaker requests.
Alternative medicine
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

A Radical Court Just Called Trump's Abortion Bluff

The 5th Circuit's ruling threatens nationwide access to mifepristone, impacting abortion availability despite a temporary hold from the Supreme Court.
NYC LGBT
fromTruthout
1 day ago

Battle Over Medication Abortion Threatens to Revert US Back to 19th Century

Mifepristone mailing was blocked by the 5th Circuit, but the Supreme Court paused the ban while litigation continues.
Right-wing politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 days ago

Is the Supreme Court's Abortion Pill Ruling Actually a Feint?

Conservative legal challenges and Trump-era actions continue to threaten mifepristone access despite a temporary Supreme Court stay.
Intellectual property law
fromThe Nation
5 days ago

What the Dissents in the Mifepristone Case Tell Us About What's to Come

Supreme Court permanently stayed a Fifth Circuit order blocking mail distribution of mifepristone, allowing continued mailing nationwide while appeal disposition remains pending.
Healthcare
fromAxios
6 days ago

Supreme Court keeps freeze on abortion pill restrictions

Teleprescribing and mail delivery account for over 60% of abortions using mifepristone, and the Supreme Court case centers on whether in-person provider visits are required.
Law
fromAxios
1 week ago

Supreme Court extends freeze on abortion pill restrictions

A Supreme Court justice extended a stay blocking expanded mifepristone access via teleprescribing and mail after drugmaker requests.
#supreme-court
fromJezebel
1 week ago
Healthcare

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

Healthcare
fromwww.npr.org
1 week 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.
Alternative medicine
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 week ago

Supreme Court temporarily extends women's access to a widely used abortion pill

The Supreme Court temporarily blocks new restrictions on mifepristone, keeping access to the abortion pill available by pharmacy or mail without an in-person doctor visit.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
5 days ago

Samuel Alito Is Fuming That Blue States Outsmarted His Dobbs Decision

Supreme Court emergency order preserved telehealth access to mifepristone while Justice Thomas dissented by treating abortion-pill mailing as criminal conduct warranting prison.
Healthcare
fromJezebel
1 week 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 week 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.
#medication-abortion
Healthcare
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

The Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth

Mifepristone remains available for medication abortion via telehealth, with the Supreme Court staying a nationwide mailing ban while litigation continues.
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.
Healthcare
fromwww.npr.org
6 days ago

The Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth

Mifepristone remains available for medication abortion via telehealth, with the Supreme Court staying a nationwide mailing ban while litigation continues.
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-supreme-court
#fda
fromJezebel
1 week ago
SF politics

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

SF politics
fromJezebel
1 week 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.
fromwww.npr.org
1 week 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
Law
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week 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.
#abortion-law
Healthcare
fromJezebel
1 week 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
1 week 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
Medicine
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks ago
US news

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

Medicine
fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks ago
US news

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

#abortion-rights
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago
Right-wing politics

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

fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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.
#abortion-access
Healthcare
fromAxios
2 weeks 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.
Healthcare
fromAxios
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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
2 weeks 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.
fromJezebel
4 months ago

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

The anti-abortion Slenderman that is Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) has spent much of his political career trying to dismantle abortion rights. But he's spent the past year obsessively amplifying a bogus "study" from the far-right Ethics and Public Policy Center (which is listed as an advisor under Project 2025), which published false findings about the abortion pill, mifepristone, having "adverse effects" on women.
US politics
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
fromwww.mediaite.com
7 months ago

UNACCEPTABLE': Conservatives Revolt Over Trump FDA's Approval of Abortion Drug

FDA approved a generic mifepristone; conservatives, including Sen. Josh Hawley, condemned the decision citing safety concerns and objecting to the distributor's gender-inclusive language.
Science
fromenglish.elpais.com
9 months ago

An abortion drug for breast cancer is being blocked by moral and political interests

Research on mifepristone as a breast cancer prevention drug is hindered by moral prejudice, political bias, and high costs.
#costco
fromLos Angeles Times
11 months ago

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

The abortion pill mifepristone has been proven safe by millions of Americans over 25 years, and its restrictions threaten access particularly for vulnerable populations.
Alternative medicine
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