Tag: Pills
Use of Abortion Pills Has Risen Significantly Post Roe, Research Shows
Two new studies show fast-growing use of the pills on the eve of the Supreme Court’s consideration of a case seeking to ban or restrict them. Write a [...]
CVS and Walgreens Will Begin Selling Abortion Pills This Month
The pill mifepristone will be available with a prescription at pharmacy counters in a few states to start.
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Abortions by Telemedicine and Mailed Pills Are Safe and Effective, Study Finds
Researchers analyzed the experiences of more than 6,000 women and found the method to be 98 percent effective and safe for 99 percent of patients.
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More Women Who Are Not Pregnant Are Ordering Abortion Pills Just in Case
More Women Who Are Not Pregnant Are Ordering Abortion Pills Just in Case
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Wyoming Judge Temporarily Blocks State’s Ban on Abortion Pills
A Wyoming judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the first state law specifically banning the use of pills for abortion, the most common method in the [...]
New York Passes Bill to Shield Abortion Providers Sending Pills to States With Bans
The New York State Legislature gave final approval on Tuesday to legislation that provides legal protection for New York doctors to prescribe and send [...]
Abortion Pills, the Latest Battleground, Have Been Little Known to Americans
A majority of Americans had not heard of mifepristone, a survey earlier this year found. The drug is now at the center of an abortion case headed to t [...]
Abortion pills post-Roe: How doctors are helping women have abortions
Linda Prine is a family physician and the co-founder of the Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline, which counsels women who want to use medication to se [...]
New Lawsuit Challenges State Bans on Abortion Pills
The case, brought by GenBioPro, a company that makes one of two abortion drugs, argues that it is unconstitutional for a state to bar access to a medi [...]
The anti-abortion movement is targeting abortion pills
The Biden administration helped expand access to medication abortion last week, with the US Food and Drug Administration finalizing a rule to make [...]
Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says
Mifepristone, the first of two drugs in medication abortions, previously had to be dispensed only by clinics, doctors or a few mail-order pharmacies. [...]
The F.D.A. Now Says It Plainly: Morning-After Pills Are Not Abortion Pills
Labels of Plan B One-Step had previously said, without scientific evidence, that the pill might block fertilized eggs from implanting in the womb.
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Barnard College Plans to Offer Abortion Pills on Campus
It is one of many colleges and universities deliberating over how to respond to the fall of Roe v. Wade.
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4 ways Americans are still getting abortion pills
Banning abortion doesn’t eliminate the need for it. In June, the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 landmark decision Roe v. Wade — eli [...]
F.D.A. to Weigh Over-the-Counter Sale of Contraceptive Pills
WASHINGTON — More than 60 years after the approval of oral contraceptives revolutionized women’s sexual health, the Food and Drug Administration has r [...]