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Vaginal Delivery Similar With Vaginal, Oral Misoprostol Protocols

WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 – Labor induction with vaginal misoprostol achieves vaginal delivery rates comparable to induction with oral misoprostol, according to a study published in the February...

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...

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THURSDAY, Feb. 8, 2024 – Two studies that warned of the harms of the abortion pill have been retracted by the journals' publisher over flaws in the data and conflicts of interest among the...

'Substantial Demand' for Abortion Pills Ordered in Advance, Study Finds

TUESDAY, Jan. 2, 2024 – A U.S. online provider of the mifepristone/misoprostol abortion pill combo saw a ten-fold jump in orders when the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade was first leaked in...

Appeals Court Upholds Restrictions on Mifepristone

THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 – The abortion pill mifepristone should remain legal in the United States, but with significant restrictions on access to it, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The...

Appeals Court Upholds Restrictions on Abortion Pill

THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 – The abortion pill mifepristone should remain legal in the United States, but with significant restrictions on access to it, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The d...

Abortion Pill Case Moves to Appeals Court

WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 – A ruling on the abortion pill mifepristone will be one step closer Wednesday when three federal judges hear arguments in the case. The three judges at the 5th U.S. Circuit...

Case Involving Access to Abortion Pill Moves to Appeals Court

WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023 – A ruling on the abortion pill mifepristone will be one step closer Wednesday when three federal judges hear arguments in the case. The three judges at the 5th U.S. Circuit...

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