Washington — The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies. The Biden administration partially implemented the change last year, announcing it would no longer enforce a long-standing requirement that women pick up the medicine in person. … Read more
In this photo illustration, PlanB one-step emergency contraceptive is displayed on June 30, 2022 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Food and Drug Administration is changing the informational packaging of the emergency contraceptive pill, Plan B One-Step, to clarify that it is not an abortion pill, the federal agency announced Friday. … Read more
The National Assembly, the lower house of France’s parliament, voted on Thursday to enshrine abortion rights in the country’s constitution. French women have had the right to voluntarily terminate their pregnancies since 1974, but lawmakers are worried that access to abortion could be potentially curtailed in the future, especially following the introduction of additional restrictions … Read more
Reproductive rights advocates responded with outrage Wednesday after the Georgia Supreme Court reinstated the state’s draconian law prohibiting abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. The Fulton County Superior Court blocked the six-week abortion ban just last week, after which Georgia reverted to the status quo ante of permitting abortion care through 22 weeks of pregnancy. … Read more
Boxes of the medication Mifepristone used to induce a medical abortion are prepared for patients at Planned Parenthood health center in Birmingham, Alabama, March 14, 2022. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The abortion pill is the most common method to terminate a pregnancy in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The … Read more
LOUISVILLE, Ky (WAVE) – As the commonwealth watches the State Supreme Court proceedings on the future of the Kentucky abortion ban, Kentucky women are talking about making tough personal decisions. “Almost every day I hear from a woman who is scared,” Louisville Metro Councilwoman Cassie Chambers Armstrong said. “As someone who has a one year-old … Read more
Several Kentucky supreme court justices on Tuesday sounded skeptical of the state’s abortion ban, one of the most restrictive in the U.S., during oral arguments in a case that will decide whether women have any access to the procedure in the foreseeable future. EMW’s Women’s Surgical Center, an abortion clinic based in Louisville, has called … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden said that if Democrats picked up seats, the first piece of legislation that he would send to Congress would be to enact a nationwide right to abortion. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Joe Biden said Monday that Democrats still lack the power to codify abortion rights into law despite his party’s … Read more
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston attorney is the first and only person in Harris County to face a charge of forcing induction to have an abortion. Mason Herring is the founder and managing partner of the Herring Law Firm, which focuses on energy and natural resources. Prosecutors allege he put an abortion-inducing drug in … Read more
For months, the midterm elections appeared to be a clash over rising prices, public safety worries and fears of a looming recession. But another driving issue proved almost as powerful for voters: abortion rights. In the first major election since the Supreme Court overturned the case that ensured a federal right to an abortion for … Read more