The war on abortion drugs will be just as racist and classist
As we examine the potential implications of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, an open question is how states will enforce the abortion bans that are expected in at least twenty-six states. History suggests that future anti-abortion laws are likely to echo the “war on drugs”; they will not eliminate the prohibited behavior, […]
Mexican border town sees surge in sales of abortion drugs to American women
Since Texas passed a tough anti-abortion law in September, more women along the southern border are going to unregulated pharmacies in Mexico to get abortion pills. Border health professionals fear Mexican pharmacies have become a last resort for some women. Observers say it’s a sign of what will happen if the Supreme Court overturns Roe […]
2021 law prohibits delivery of abortion drugs in state | State
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Tennessee governor signs bill criminalizing abortion drugs in the mail
CNN — Tennessee Governor Bill Lee on Thursday signed a bill criminalizing abortion drugs delivered by mail. The measure, known as HB2416, establishes criminal penalties for violators, but would not apply to the patient who received the abortion drugs. Legislation sets strict parameters for abortifacient drugs. Drugs “may only be supplied by a qualified physician,” […]
Offense for online sale of abortion drugs
Offense for online sale of abortion drugs Thane, May 2 (UNI) The Maharashtra FDA has registered an offense against Amazon for selling abortion drugs online allegedly illegally. FDA Assistant Commissioner Ganesh Rokade said in an official statement here that the Food and Drugs Administration has observed abortion drugs being illegally sold through online portals via […]
Louisiana lawmakers seek to restrict women’s access to abortion drugs
A bill to make it harder for women to obtain the drugs needed for a medical abortion during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy and potentially criminalize providers and patients moved forward in the Louisiana Legislature on Tuesday. Senate Bill 388 by Slidell Republican Senator Sharon Hewitt would make it illegal for companies to supply […]
MPs vote to continue online supply of medical abortion drugs
The deputies have voted for the continued provision of medication for early abortions after a video consultation, which would eliminate the need for patients to travel to the hospital or clinic. The vote of March 30, 2022 approved an amendment to the bill on health and carewhich makes permanent a measure that was originally introduced […]
House Democrats push HHS secretary to make abortion drugs cheaper and easier to access
House Democrats are pushing Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to increase access to abortion-inducing drugs. On Tuesday, 12 Democratic congressmen from the House Oversight and Reform Committee sent a letter to the Secretary of HHS asking him to push the new Task Force on Access to Reproductive Health Care to act on this […]
Georgia Senate Passes Bill Banning Mail Order Abortion Drugs | Health
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McNeill signs bill to ban mail-order abortifacient drugs | Local News
The freshman senator from Brunswick has joined a coalition in Georgia’s upper house of the General Assembly to sponsor a bill to ban mail-order abortion drugs in the state of Peach. Republican Senator Sheila McNeill is one of 25 female senators to sign Senate Bill 351, dubbed the Women’s Health and Safety Act. In addition […]
Technician Obtained GH¢50,000 Bail For Administering Abortion Drugs To Minor
Abortion A lab technician who allegedly administered drugs to induce the abortion of a 17-year-old girl in Abeka, Accra, has been released on bail. Susan Owusu, 36, was released on bail by a circuit court in Accra for the sum of GHC 50,000 with two sureties, one to be evidenced by a title deed. This […]
Abortion Drugs Market 2022, Size, Share, Outlook and Opportunity Analysis, by 2028
Abortion is the termination of gestation, which can be performed using medication or an operation to eradicate the egg or nucleus with amnion from the uterus. In addition, abortion pills and cytotec are feticidal drugs that are a protective and effective method of interrupting pregnancy. In addition, the estrogen organ helps in the general development […]
FDA ruling allows abortion drugs to be prescribed online and mailed
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Acting Commissioner’s decision to suspend enforcement of agency’s in-person prescription requirement for abortive drug puts women’s health and possibly lives at risk , pro-life leaders said. PERSPECTIVE HEIGHTS – The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to lift restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone – paving the way for women […]
Best for women? Biden’s FDA eliminates safeguards against dangerous abortive drugs
The Biden administration has permanently reversed a long-standing federal safety protocol requiring that abortion-safe chemical drugs be administered in person. The FDA’s REMS (Risk Evaluation Management Strategy) has been in place for the abortion pill since its release in 2000 and requires that abortion drugs be prescribed only by a certified healthcare provider and dispensed […]
Prescribing Abortion Drugs Via Telemedicine Could Now Land You In Texas Jail: Gunshots
Protesters rally against laws restricting abortion access at the Texas State Capitol on October 2, 2021 in Austin, Texas. The Women’s March and other groups have held marches across the country to protest a new abortion law in Texas. Montinique Monroe/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Montinique Monroe/Getty Images Protesters rally against laws restricting abortion […]
Adamawa man in court after administering abortion drugs that killed his girlfriend
A photographer, Muhammed Zubairu, has been charged in court for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Sane Fidelis, after administering abortion drugs to her in Adamawa State.Zubairu, 21, reportedly impregnated Fidelis two months ago in Sabon Pegi village, Mayo-Belwa local government area. He was later accused of conspiring with an alleged fugitive to kill Fidelis as he […]
Voting, Abortion Drugs, and Teaching About Race
Seven laws passed in Second Special Session of the Texas Legislative Assembly slated to go into effect Thursday, including the sweeping GOP voting and elections bill that has been challenged in six federal lawsuits. Other new laws include restrictions on abortion, limits on how race can be taught in Texas classrooms, and limits on how […]
Pro-Life group pleads with lawmakers to stop Biden from facilitating abortion
A leading pro-life group is calling on lawmakers to stop President Joe Biden’s administration from stealthily easing Food and Drug Administration regulations on abortion pills. In a letter first obtained by The Daily Signal, Students for Life Action president Kristan Hawkins wrote that “an abortion crisis is building in America thanks to a sweeping policy […]
Pandemic and Texas law fuel interest in abortion drugs
TOPEKA, Kan. – The covid-19 pandemic and the near ban on abortion in Texas have increased interest in obtaining abortion drugs by mail, but the legality of doing so is questioned in several states. The case takes on new urgency with the Supreme Court set to hear arguments next month in Mississippi’s bid to erode […]
Eyeing Trend, MD Provider Offers Abortion Medication By Mail
SILVER SPRING, Maryland — While the Biden administration challenges a Texas law restrict abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, Planned Parenthood for Maryland, Virginia and DC residents are start a program focused on patients accessing home care. Financial assistance is available for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington’s new home medical abortion services. (Adobe Stock) Dr. […]
Provider Eyeing Trend MD Offers Abortion Drugs Via Mail / Public News Service
SILVER SPRING, Md. – Like the Biden administration challenges a Texas law restrict abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, Planned Parenthood for residents of Maryland, Virginia and DC is start a program focused on patients accessing home care. Dr. Serina Floyd, medical director of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, said the near total ban on […]
South Dakota to ban delivery of abortion drugs from telemedicine and mail-order pharmacies
Republican South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem issued an executive order banning the delivery of abortion drugs through telemedicine and mail-order pharmacies. His executive order, signed Tuesday, directed the South Dakota Department of Health (DOH) to create new anti-abortion rules. The rules prohibit out-of-state telemedicine from prescribing abortion-inducing drugs. They also prohibit the delivery of these […]
Satanic temple seeks access to abortion drugs
The abortion drug Mifepristone, also known as RU486, is pictured at an abortion clinic February 17, 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand. Citing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a group of Satanists are calling on the Food and Drug Administration for access to “abortion pills without having to go through regulatory steps,” the group announced on […]
Satanic Temple Demands FDA Grant Unrestricted Access to Abortion Drugs
The Restoration of Religious Freedom Act (RFRA) was initiated and enacted to ensure Native Americans unfettered access to peyote for their religious rituals. Consistent with this goal, The Satanic Temple wants unfettered access to abortifacients for its religious use. Since peyote is a Schedule I drug with no accepted medical use, TST’s prescription drug access […]
House Democrats push FDA to lift abortifacient drug protocols
Through Ryan FoleyChristian Post reporter | Tuesday, August 24, 2021 A bottle and two pills of mifepristone, formerly known as RU-486, are seen in a handout photo. | Reuters/Newscom Pro-abortion lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are calling on the Food and Drug Administration to permanently eliminate safety protocols for dispensing drugs that cause […]
Abortion Drug Safety Clinical Trials, By Mail
In December, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that allowed the mailing of abortion drugs. Since then, women seeking to terminate a pregnancy with the combination drug package containing mifepristone and misoprostol must now go, in person, to a medical provider. But this requirement in person is not necessary in many states and […]
Supreme Court says abortion drugs must be obtained in person, not by mail
Editor’s note: This story was updated on January 15. Washington— On Jan. 12, the Supreme Court reinstated a federal requirement that women seeking abortion-inducing drugs must do so in person, not by mail, as a federal judge had allowed last year due to the pandemic and which the High Court had cleared. In its 6-3 […]
Supreme Court reinstates requirement for women to obtain abortion drugs in person
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated requirements that women seeking medical abortions come in person to pick up their prescriptions, siding with the Trump administration on medical organizations that argued the mandate exposes the patients at unnecessary risk during the coronavirus pandemic. The court’s three liberal justices disagreed with the majority’s brief unsigned […]
Pharmacies do not stock enough medication for medical abortion; low availability puts women’s lives at risk
Medical abortion pills are disappearing from the pharmacy shelves of several retail pharmacies across the country despite the government’s approval of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill in March. The government allowed several changes in the MTP (Amendment Bill), 2020 and also extended the upper limit for allowing abortion from 20 weeks to 24 […]
How Misconceptions Keep Chemists Stocking Up on Medical Abortion Drugs
About 65 percent of all chemists, who participated in a survey, said that the availability of medical abortion (MA) drugs has increased the number of abortions in India. That’s a perception these chemists have, said a report by FRHS India, which was in collaboration with the Pratigya Campaign for Gender Equality and Safe Abortion. The […]
Women threatened by Covid need better medicine, not unsafe abortion drugs
New search estimates that there could be 56,700 additional maternal deaths in low- and middle-income countries due to disruption of healthcare due to COVID-19. In response to this tragic projection, abortion activist groups are pursuing expanded “medical abortion”, the termination of pregnancy usually by means of a combination of two drugs and often via “telemedicine”. […]
New York woman who illegally sold abortion drugs to Wisconsin residents gets probation, fine | Crime
Jeff Richgels | Wisconsin State Journal A New York woman who illegally sold abortion drugs to people in Portage and several other Wisconsin towns was sentenced last week to two years probation and fined $10,000, authorities said. On March 20, Urusla Wing, 42, pleaded guilty to one count in an indictment charging him with conspiracy […]
New York woman who illegally sold abortion drugs to Wisconsin residents gets probation, fine | criminality
A New York woman who illegally sold abortion drugs to people in Portage and several other Wisconsin towns was sentenced last week to two years probation and fined $10,000, authorities said. On March 20, Urusla Wing, 42, pleaded guilty to one count in an indictment charging him with conspiracy to defraud the Food and Drug […]
Doctor fined for illegally prescribing abortion drugs
A doctor has been fined and disciplined for misprescribing abortion drugs. Photo: 123RF The New Zealand Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal said the doctor, whose name is deleted, unlawfully prescribed the drugs to two patients. This decision was contrary to the requirements of the law on contraception, sterilization and abortion. The charge was brought against “Dr. […]
Police are investigating the death of an unborn baby after a woman took abortion drugs at home at 28 weeks pregnant
Police are investigating the death of an unborn baby after a woman took ‘pills in the mail’ abortion medication when she was 28 weeks pregnant – four times the legal limit exceeded Abortion laws have been relaxed due to coronavirus so women can take both pills at home Women can use these pills at home […]
Let women get abortion drugs in the mail amid coronavirus: AG
FDA urged to let women receive abortion-inducing drugs in the mail amid coronavirus rather than having to leave home to get them. “While any woman who wishes to go to a doctor’s office or clinic today and have an abortion should continue to be able to do so, control of her reproductive freedom should not […]
Abortive chemical drugs targeted in bill introduced on Capitol Hill by Arkansas senator | KLRT
Tom Cotton and his colleague introduce legislation to protect mums and babies WASHINGTON (Press release) – Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) introduced legislation this week to protect women by controlling the distribution of chemical abortion drugs, which have high complication rates for incomplete patients. abortions, infections, severe bleeding and death. The […]
Citing widespread misuse, government bans open retail of abortion drugs
New Delhi: It will no longer be easy to buy the popular abortion pills Mifepristone and Misoprostol at your local pharmacy, as the government has decided to ban the retail sale of these drugs. Citing widespread misuse as specified in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 2002 and MTP Rules 2003″. However, at its recent […]
Doctor sues US government for seizing abortion drugs she sent to patients | The Independent
A Dutch doctor who has dedicated her career to helping women terminate their pregnancies safely in countries where abortion is illegal or difficult to access has sued the US government for allegedly preventing her US patients from getting abortions entering their prescriptions. Doctor Rebecca Gompertswhich prescribes abortion drugs to patients around the world, filed a […]
Austrian doctor sues US for seizing patients’ abortion drugs
Austrian doctor who prescribes abortion drugs to patients around the world is suing the United States for allegedly preventing his American patients from having abortions by seizing their prescriptions Through REBECCA BOONE Associated Press September 10, 2019, 05:22 • 4 minute read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article BOISE, Idaho — An Austrian doctor […]
Austrian doctor sues US for seizing patients’ abortion drugs, takes case to Idaho court
BOISE — An Austrian doctor who prescribes abortion drugs to patients around the world is suing the United States for allegedly preventing his American patients from having abortions by seizing their prescriptions. Dr. Rebecca Gomperts filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Idaho on Monday, asking a judge to stop the Food and Drug […]
General practitioners soon able to prescribe ACT abortifacient drugs
News New legislation will allow women to access medication for medical abortion through specially trained GPs from July 1. From July 1, specially trained general practitioners within the ACT will be able to prescribe medical abortifacients. “Passing legislation last year to expand access to medical abortion was a historic moment for women in Canberran,” said […]
Telemedicine makes it possible to safely obtain abortion medication by mail
All restricting access to abortion pulls metaphorical walls closer together. On who can dispense drugs, on what clinical tests are required first, on the duration of pregnancy, the rules are all designed to delay, deter and delegitimize. It’s a Death Star trash compactor. The box around abortion is getting smaller and smaller. It’s policy development; […]
Abortive drugs sold online against periods: Pharmacists | Nagpur News
NAGPUR: The Maharashtra Registered Pharmacists Association (MRPA) has claimed that many online shopping portals are openly selling scheduled drugs used for termination of pregnancy without prescription. To prove it, MRPA members across the state ordered the pregnancy termination kits from a famous shopping website. Members from Mumbai and Pune received their orders in the last […]
Abortion drugs freely sold online, pharmaceutical body says | India News
NAGPUR: The Maharashtra Registered Pharmacists Association (MRPA) has claimed that many online shopping portals are openly selling drugs scheduled for termination of pregnancy without prescription. To prove it, MRPA members across the state ordered the pregnancy termination drugs from a famous shopping website. Members from Mumbai and Pune received their orders in the last three […]
FDA Warns Abortion Advocates to Stop Pushing Illegal Abortion Drugs
(Pixabay) The pro-choice advocacy group Aid Access distributes abortion-inducing drugs from abroad to women without mitigating the many risks of medical abortion. A Aid Access, a radical abortion advocacy group, has taken the practice of telemedicine to a new level, prescribing the medical abortion drug RU-486 via an internet connection to a foreign doctor, who […]
Permanent ban on prescribing abortion drugs heads for Snyder
Physicians would still be banned from prescribing abortion drugs during a teleconference under a bill that passed Thursday. The bill passed around 2 a.m. Thursday on a largely partisan 62-47 vote with one Republican, Rep. David Maturen of Brady Township, joining all Democrats in voting against the measure. Lawmakers approved sweeping legislation in 2012 that […]
Website Offering Abortion Drugs By Mail Benefits Hundreds Of Women In US | Abortion
About 600 women in the United States have obtained abortion pills through Access to aid, a website that was quietly launched six months ago, aimed at helping women who cannot easily access abortions. The founder of both sites, Dutch doctor Rebecca Gomperts, said Aid Access was created in response to an increase in the number […]
Canberra doctors will soon be able to prescribe abortion drugs | Canberra time
news, political act GPs in Canberra will soon be able to prescribe drugs like the MS-2 Step, closing a loophole in the ACT law that required women to cross the border to access abortion pills. The laws – designed to make abortions cheaper and more accessible for women – originated in a private member’s bill […]
California is about to make colleges offer abortion drugs
SACRAMENTO — A measure that would make California the first state to require all public universities to offer abortion drugs at their campus health centers cleared a hurdle Wednesday. None of the 34 campuses of the University of California or California State University, such as CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo, currently offer abortion services. The […]
Reviews | The real science of abortion drugs
Since 2000, more than one million American women were able to terminate pregnancies safely using drugs instead of surgery. Over the years, doctors have found ways to make these types of abortions even safer and more convenient, but anti-choice politicians in many states have imposed restrictions that make the process more onerous and could even […]
BAMS Doctor Arrested for ‘Selling’ Abortion Drugs, Case Recorded
In a joint operation, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare carried out a surprise check at a private clinic in Sector 15 on Thursday and arrested a BAMS doctor for allegedly selling MTP kits to women. The accused doctor has been identified as Dr. Aruna, a resident of house […]
Rebecca Gomperts: Meet the woman who travels the world delivering abortion drugs by drone | The Independent
Each year, 47,000 women worldwide die from unsafe abortion. To put this into context, every nine minutes a woman dies from an abortion which is not without danger. While abortion is perhaps one of the safest medical procedures in the world in countries where it is legal, it is extremely risky in countries where it […]
Canberra women traveling to Queanbeyan to access medical abortion medication by post
The Tabbot Foundation assesses women over the phone and arranges for an ultrasound before sending abortive drugs, painkillers and antibiotics to the woman, offering on-call and aftercare, for $250. In the ACT, the only licensed clinic for medical and surgical abortions is Dr. Marie in Civic. The clinic did not respond to inquiries about the […]
Woman who reported roommate for buying abortion drugs defends her actions
A woman who reported her housemate to police in Northern Ireland for buying drugs online to induce an abortion has defended her actions. The woman who used the drugs was prosecuted under northern abortion laws earlier this week and was given a three-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. The defendant, who cannot be named […]
Arizona governor signs bills challenging new FDA regulations on abortion drugs
Phoenix report — Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed three bills targeting abortion providers, including one requiring them to follow outdated federal guidelines for the most common abortion drug and prescribe it in much higher doses than necessary. The law boldly challenges new FDA rules implemented this week on abortive drugs. The signing of the bill, […]
Brazil seizes abortion drugs sent to women living in fear of Zika
Reporting by SAO PAULO, Brazil — Messages from pregnant women in Brazil resonate with despair. “I think I’m doing the worst,” wrote one woman when her order for abortion medication didn’t arrive. “I really need help. I can’t eat anymore and I cry all the time. The messages were sent to an international advocacy group […]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Upholds State Abortion Drug Limitation Law
(Reuters) – Oklahoma’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a law aimed at limiting the use of abortion drugs, overturning a lower court ruling that the measure was unconstitutional because it did not apply to people other medications. Tuesday’s ruling said the measure did not violate state constitutional provisions aimed at maintaining uniformity of laws across […]
Without the morning after pill, women take abortion drugs | India News
After the near disappearance of morning-after pills from pharmacies in Tamil Nadu 10 years ago, women took abortion pills without medical examination, leading to an increase in unhealthy and potentially fatal abortions. “We are seeing cases of septic abortions which make blood transfusion and surgery essential,” said Dr. Nazira Satique, obstetrician-gynecologist, assistant professor at Sri […]
Protest drone will fly abortion drugs across Polish border
From the near-mythical taco-copter that never existed to Amazon’s Prime Air drone delivery system, the idea of transporting goods to people by stealing a robot remains compelling, despite few practical applications. For every serious attempt, there are also plenty of gimmick drones, which use the technology more as a means of grabbing headlines than anything […]
Battle brews against Dutch drones set to drop abortive drugs in Poland
Joanna Michnicka/Federation for Women and Planned Parenthood The Dutch activist group women on the waves (WOW) plans use drones to administer abortive drugs to women in Poland, where abortion is almost completely prohibited. The “abortion drones” are set to launch from Frankfurt, Germany, this Saturday and transport the drugs to Slubice, Poland, where groups of […]
A drone will deliver abortion drugs to Poland
International women’s group Women on Waves will fly “abortion drones” in Poland on Saturday. women on the waves Drones have been used to deliver everything from vaccines to people in remote parts of Africa to products in China. But this weekend, the device will be used to make another kind of delivery, policy. On Saturday, […]
Meet the woman sending abortion drugs to Poland by drone
(Photo by A drone like this will be used to transport abortion drugs in Poland. Photo: Women on Waves. ) Around noon on Saturday, a drone will land in Słubice, a small town on Poland’s western border. His cargo? Multiple doses of each of the drugs Mifepristone and Misoprostol, which taken together constitute an abortion. […]
Iowa court ruling says doctors can prescribe abortion drugs over video
Noting that the board, in a rule that went into effect this month, “generally approves the use of telemedicine,” the court wrote: “The board appears to hold abortion to a different medical standard than the other procedures.” Mark Bowden, executive director of the board, said he appeared to have no legal options left. Jenifer Bowen, […]
Texas women turn to black market abortion drugs
Severe restrictions make it increasingly difficult to obtain an abortion in Texas. Let’s check how things are going down here in this alley, shall we? the Atlantic take a long and sobering look to the impact of HB2. The number of abortion providers in the state has dropped from 40 to 24. Someone living in […]
Anti-abortion society Hobby Lobby reportedly invests retirement funds in abortion drugs
Several of Hobby Lobby’s retirement plan mutual funds own stakes in companies that make the specific drugs and devices that the Green family, owners of Hobby Lobby, are working to keep out of health care policies. Health from Hobby Lobby: Plan B and Ella emergency contraceptive pills, and copper and hormonal intrauterine devices. These companies […]
Planned Parenthood, Tucson Gynecologist, Fights Tougher Abortion Drug Regulations | Politics
Planned Parenthood and a Tucson gynecologist are asking a federal judge to block new rules that will dramatically restrict the ability to perform abortions using drugs instead of surgery. The lawsuit filed Tuesday night argues that regulations limiting doctors’ ability to use RU-486 violate patients’ rights to liberty and privacy by placing “an unconstitutional burden […]
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Why is the “gold standard” of abortion drugs not available in Canada?
Bottles of mifepristone, an abortion-inducing drug, which is not available in Canada.Charlie Neibergall/Associated Press In Canada, there are approximately 100,000 abortions a year, most of them performed surgically in clinics or hospitals. Access to the procedure varies considerably across the country. Wait times are short in larger urban centers, although they can still take several […]
The New War on Abortion Drugs – Mother Jones
Can a state completely ban one type of abortion? This is the question currently being asked by the Supreme Court of the United States. In June, the court agreed to hear a challenge to a 2011 Oklahoma law that bars doctors from prescribing abortion drugs unless they follow the FDA label. Proponents of the bill […]
Alarm call on abortion drugs
In obstetrics, a fetus is an unborn child that is recognizable as human and in which all major organ structures and systems are already present. An embryo is an unborn child of an earlier stage of development. An embryo becomes a fetus about eight weeks after fertilization. The “abortion drug” RU486 kills embryos. RU486 or […]
Abortion drugs are closer to being subsidized, but some states are still lagging behind
Drugs mifepristone (RU486) and misoprostol are about to be listed on the Pharmacy benefit scheme (PBS) after the body that assesses whether drugs should be subsidized gave him the green light late Friday. Medications are used to terminate pregnancy. Listing them on the PBS would make them available nationwide at an affordable price. RU486 has […]
Sale of abortion drugs popular among doctors | News from Kozhikode
KOZHIKODE: The district drug control department found that the majority of bulk purchases of abortion drugs were made by doctors. Of the total sales, 60% of the abortifacients are purchased by doctors, who practice in private practice, officials of the drug control department in the clearing district reveal that only 40% of these drugs were […]
Videoconferencing is used to administer abortive drugs
Before the start of the videoconference, a patient from a remote clinic meets (in person) with a nurse. There, blood tests, medical history, examination, ultrasound, and advice on issues such as what to expect from the procedure and plans for a follow-up exam are completed. The results are shared (by computer) with a doctor miles […]