Month: May 2022

A young woman ordered abortion pills so her lover could give them to her pregnant partner when he was hesitating about becoming a father. Georgia Day lied to doctors about her pregnancy so she could get the pills, which she then passed on to the man. Day, who was 21 at the time of the […]

Containers of mifepristone and misoprostol – drugs used to terminate a pregnancy – sit on a table inside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Illinois. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Roberson/AP Containers of mifepristone and misoprostol – drugs used to terminate a pregnancy – sit on a table inside a Planned Parenthood […]

Pill — twoardthesunset, photographer, 6/2011 — Courtesy of Flickr CC Today’s abortion bans are similar to the alcohol ban of the 1920s and are doomed to failure for many of the same reasons. it made… Public drunkenness, drug addiction, crime – the ill effects of alcoholism were both endemic and visible in British and American […]

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered a case between Planned Parenthood and the state of South Dakota to be stayed until the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a separate case that could overturn the landmark case Roe v. Wade who legalized abortion nationwide. The South Dakota lawsuit concerns a rule imposed by Republican Governor […]

Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX – The ability of Arizona women to continue to have access to at least one form of abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade could depend on the state’s ability to enforce a little-known 2021 law. This law makes it illegal to deliver abortion-inducing drugs to […]

PHOENIX – The ability of Arizona women to continue to have access to at least one form of abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade could depend on the state’s ability to enforce a little-known 2021 law. This law makes it illegal to deliver abortion-inducing drugs to Arizona residents by courier, delivery, […]

BOISE, Idaho — As Idahoans plan for a future without abortion rights, a leading Idaho House Republican is reportedly backing hearings on legislation banning abortion pills and birth control pills. the next day. House State Affairs Committee Chairman Brent Crane, R-Nampa, said he would hold hearings on legislation banning emergency contraception and abortion pills during […]

Since Texas passed its anti-abortion law, more and more women are getting abortion pills from unregulated pharmacies in Mexican border towns, where they are freely sold without a prescription. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Since Texas passed an anti-abortion law in September, more women are going to unregulated pharmacies in Mexican border towns to get abortion pills. […]

NASHVILLE— Tennessee would become the latest state to impose stiff penalties on doctors who violate tough new regulations dictating the dispensing of abortion pills in a proposal directed at Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s office. The proposal mirrors similar measures introduced in Republican-controlled states seeking to restrict access to medical abortion. It’s a coordinated national effort […]

Credit: Getty Images Governor Bill Lee (TN-R) Republican governor signs law making abortion pills by mail a crime with $50,000 fine May 6, 2022 12:22 p.m. PDT by Rebekah Sager, Kos daily staff 254 112 Please login or register to continue. The State of Tennessee just took its clocks back to a time before clocks, […]

Canadian advocates point to abortion pills as an underused option in that country amid uncertainty over the future of the procedure in the United States, highlighting its accessibility. Any doctor who can prescribe medication is able to facilitate what is known as a “medical” or “medication” abortion, which can be performed safely at home rather […]

WASHINGTON — The future of abortion in the United States is going through the mailbox. Medical abortion, in which a woman takes two drugs to end an early pregnancy at home, has become the most common method used in the United States during the pandemic, especially after the United States Food and Drug Administration United […]

“Experienced Seattle aunt available to help,” wrote Meghan, a Seattle-area woman, on Reddit this week. For two years, Meghan re-shipped medical abortion pills to people across the country, especially those in rural areas. Across Washington state, in Spokane County, Ryanne Jones offered to house “niblings,” or people seeking abortion help, for four years. She decided […]

As conservative states began to pass more laws restricting access to surgical abortions, more patients opted for the pills, not least because they can be taken in the privacy of their homes. The Covid pandemic has fueled this trend. The Guttmacher Institute, a research organization that supports abortion rights, reported that in 2020, medical abortion […]

This week we learned that the Supreme Court of the United States was about to overturn Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 case that guaranteed a person’s right to an abortion in the United States. If that happens, 23 states could ban abortion, NBC News reportsleaving people in these states with few options. One option that […]

A woman has claims that her boyfriend gave her abortion pills without her consent for several months, which resulted in the death of her daughter on the day of her birth. In a lengthy Twitter thread, a woman who goes by the name Aba shared her harrowing story of how her boyfriend gave her abortion […]