A new study shows a possible new abortion drug to replace mifepristone. But will these results increase abortion access - or restrict women's reproductive health options?
Emergency contraception pill could be repurposed
Anti-abortion groups are pressing the Trump Justice Department and Food and Drug Administration to quickly reverse Biden administration policies on abortion pills and impose a clampdown, including the use of a 19th-century anti-obscenity law to block the mailing of the drugs.
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, allowed three states to go forward with a lawsuit that seeks to change how mifepristone is used.
The new Trump administration could put a stop to pending litigation on the abortion pill mifepristone and other federal abortion policies through changes at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a top anti-abortion lawyer involved in several pending cases.
The anti-abortion movement has launched a pressure campaign urging President Donald Trump’s administration to take steps toward a nationwide ban on medication abortion, the method used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions nationwide.
New research suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception may help women have an abortion. Here, MDs weigh in on how this will impact access.
Mifepristone is under attack by abortion opponents, with several states seeking in federal court to restrict its use.
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A new study found that the emergency contraception pill could be used as an alternative to mifepristone. View on euronews
If further research confirms its findings, Americans seeking abortions may soon have a safe and effective workaround in places where mifepristone is restricted—and American abortion opponents ...
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