medication abortion

15 posts

Three years post-Roe, midwives are targets of criminalization

The arrest of a Texas midwife for allegedly providing abortion care highlights the sidelining of midwifery’s sacred work

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4 Min
By: Sarah Michal Hamid

SCOTUS safeguards medication abortion access

Defying expectations, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled to preserve access to medication abortion in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case that reproductive rights advocates feared would further devastate abortion care across the country. The decision dismisses the case on standing. Advocates say the case should not

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

SCOTUS decision on mifepristone will disproportionately impact BIPOC

Even those in states with stronger abortion protections could have their abortion access restricted

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

‘Hope is the thing that kills you’

North Carolina is an abortion haven in the South and a so-called purple state, but these designations have always been tenuous

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9 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Texas judge reverses FDA abortion pill approval

The decision was contradicted by a federal judge in Washington. The conflicting rulings head to the US Supreme Court

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

When abortion havens restrict access, where can people get care?

Florida, an abortion haven for people from Alabama and Texas, has proposed a six-week abortion ban

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4 Min
By: Sakshi Udavant

Tech companies make it harder to find abortion information online—and it could get more challenging

A recent investigation found that Google is helping anti-abortion center ads target low-income people in major cities

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5 Min
By: Xenia Ellenbogen

Do the FDA’s new rules expand abortion pill access for people at the margins?

A closer look at the FDA’s new rules shows the limitations of abortion pill access, especially for low-income BIPOC

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5 Min
By: Natasha Ishak

Barnard College will offer medication abortion for students beginning next year

As one of the first few U.S. colleges to commit to offering abortion pills to students, Barnard College’s new policy emphasizes the important role campuses can play in providing accessible reproductive care

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Despite being legal in most states, self-managed abortion is being criminalized

Reproductive rights advocates are reminding people that “the law still matters,” regardless of recent attempts to criminalize self-managed abortions

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

The anti-choice movement won’t stop at criminalizing abortion

Anti-abortion advocates already seek to erode other rights and will continue casting a wider net to criminalize abortion support networks

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6 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

How misinformation about medical reporting requirements fueled Lizelle Herrera’s criminalization for abortion

An “aura of illegality” around self-managed abortion and confusion about anti-abortion laws transform some health care providers into agents of state surveillance

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11 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

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