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1 in 4 U.S. Women Will Have an Abortion in Their Lifetime
TUESDAY, April 30, 2024 – As the battle over abortion continues to rage in the courts and American politics, a new report estimates that one in every four U.S. women will undergo the procedure...
Big Rise in Young Adults Undergoing Permanent Sterilization After Dobbs Decision
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 – An increasing number of young men and women have decided they never want parenthood in the wake of the Dobbs decision revoking the constitutional right to an abortion, a new...
Florida Supreme Court Backs Abortion Ban, But Allows Referendum on Issue
TUESDAY, April 2, 2024 – In two separate rulings on Monday, the Florida Supreme Court backed that state's abortion ban while also allowing a proposed constitutional amendment that could undo that...
SCOTUS Appears Skeptical of Arguments to Curb Abortion Pill Access
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 – Following oral arguments presented on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court looked poised to rebuff a legal challenge to women's access to the abortion pill. Mifepristone is...
Considerable Number of Abortion Seekers Accessed Services After Dobbs
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 – Despite implementation of state-level bans and restrictions on abortion after the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned...
Use of Medication Abortion Rose After Dobbs Decision
TUESDAY, March 27, 2024 – As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could determine nationwide access to the abortion pill, a new study finds requests for the...
U.S. Abortion Rates Rose After Dobbs Decision, Led by Medication Abortions
TUESDAY, March 19, 2024 – Following the historic reversal of Roe v. Wade in June of 2022, the number of abortions in the United States has risen to more than a million per year, with medication...
One in 8 Voters Cite Abortion as Most Important Issue: Poll
THURSDAY, March 7, 2024 – Abortion rights will play a pivotal role in determining how people will vote in the 2024 election, a new KFF poll has found. About one in eight voters (12%) now say...
CVS, Walgreens to Start Selling Abortion Pill Mifepristone in Some States
FRIDAY, March 1, 2023 – CVS and Walgreens announced Friday that they will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has certified the nation's...
CVS, Walgreens to Start Selling Abortion Pill Mifepristone in Some States
FRIDAY, March 1, 2023 – CVS and Walgreens announced Friday that they will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has certified the nation's...
Number of Abortions Performed Per Month in U.S. Unchanged Since Fall of Roe v. Wade
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28, 2024 – The historic overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 has not had any significant effect on the number of abortions performed each month in the United States, new data shows....
Telehealth as Safe as Clinics for Abortion Pills, Study Finds
FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2024 – Medication abortion can be delivered safely and effectively using telemedicine, a large, new study concludes. Women who received abortion pills through the mail following a...
Journal Publisher Retracts Two Studies Cited in Abortion Pill Access Case
THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 – Two studies that warned of the harms of the abortion pill have been retracted by the journals' publisher over flaws in the data and conflicts of interest among the...
Women's Anxiety Rose in States Affected by Fall of Roe v. Wade
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 – Women are suffering more anxiety and depression in states that banned abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a new study shows. The court’s Dobbs decision ...
Nearly 65,000 Pregnancies From Rape Have Happened in States With Abortion Bans: Study
THURSDAY, Jan. 25, 2024 (HealthDayNews) – In the 14 states with abortion bans, there have been nearly 65,000 pregnancies resulting from rape during the time since those bans went into place, a new...
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