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Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit

A Texas lawsuit could threaten the nationwide availability of medication abortion, which now accounts for the majority of abortions in the U.S. The case filed by abortion opponents who helped challenge Roe v. Wade seeks to reverse a decades-old approval by the Food and Drug Administration

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U.S. women still can’t get birth control pills over the counter. Inside one company's 9-year struggle to change that

Post-Roe, women’s access to contraception is more important than ever. But Perrigo's HRA Pharma is still waiting to hear back from the FDA.

Fortune

In HBO special, Marc Maron gets laughs from the most somber of subjects

Comedian touches on abortion, dementia and death in contemplative new show ‘From Bleak to Dark.’

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40 million would lose abortion access if court blocks pill, study shows

163% more women would lose access to abortion care if the FDA's approval of mifepristone is revoked.

Axios

Editorial: Easier access to abortion pills is pushing anti-choice activists toward more extreme ideas

The war over abortion rights has moved from the sidewalks in front of medical clinics to pharmacies and mailboxes. The Food and Drug Administration’s loosening of restrictions on abortion pills has provided some degree of protection to women in the post-Roe v. Wade world. But it also has nudged some…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mark Z. Barabak: The abortion issue hurt Republicans in 2022. So why would they double down in 2024?

At a recent gathering in Orange County, California, Republican leaders did something strange: They effectively urged the party's candidates to charge headlong into a political buzz saw.

Los Angeles Times

The ‘rogue’ Trump-appointed judge with abortion pill’s future in his hands

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has amassed a litany of contentious rulings in less than four years

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore supports package of bills to protect abortion services, patient and provider data

BALTIMORE — In his first joint news conference with legislative leaders, Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore announced support for a package of bills Thursday that would provide protection for patients seeking abortions and their providers for decades to come.

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Woman sues after Louisiana lawmaker blocked her on Twitter

A New Orleans woman says in a federal lawsuit that she was illegally blocked from a state senator's Twitter account after posting comments critical of the lawmaker's anti-abortion efforts

The Independent UK

How judges in Florida stop teens from having abortions

TAMPA, Fla. — A new report from Human Rights Watch found that Hillsborough County judges denied abortion requests for teens at a higher rate than anywhere else in Florida.

Tribune News Service

Spain's constitutional court rejects abortion law challenge

Spain's constitutional court has rejected a legal challenge lodged by the conservative Popular Party (PP) more than a decade ago against a law allowing abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy

The Independent UK

Abortion rights in Spain over the past decades

Spain's Constitutional Court on Thursday backed a 13-year-old law that allows women to abort on demand within the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, as the divisive issue resurfaced following a regional far-right party's efforts to limit abortion access.

Reuters

Spain's Constitutional Court rules in favour of 13-year-old abortion law

Spain's Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a 13-year-old law that allows women to abort on demand within the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, after the divisive issue resurfaced following a regional far-right party's effort to limit abortion access.

Reuters

Medication abortion could get harder to obtain – or easier: There's a new wave of post-Dobbs lawsuits on abortion pills

Medication abortion now accounts for more than half of all abortions in the United States.

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Maryland governor, officials supporting abortion protections

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and state lawmakers are scheduled to announce support for measures protecting abortion rights

Reuters

Factbox-Abortion battles in U.S. state capitols to watch in 2023

Battles over abortion are heating up in state capitol buildings across the United States as lawmakers wrestle with how much to restrict or expand abortion access after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year.

The Guardian - US

Trump judge’s ruling could ban abortion pill across the US

Far-right groups have asked to reverse the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, which has been on the market for decades

Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: Bad news: A Texas judge holds the future of medication abortion in his very conservative hands

Could a federal judge really declare that an abortion drug used safely by millions of American women over more than two decades did not receive proper vetting and force it off the market?

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Study: Public Attitudes About Abortion Closely Tied To Religious Beliefs

Public attitudes about abortion are closely tied to both religious beliefs and attitudes about race. Read full story on Dynamite News:

Tribune News Service

After debate, Dallas approves resolution supporting abortion rights

DALLAS — The Dallas City Council called on federal lawmakers to protect reproductive rights Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

South Carolina Supreme Court turns down request for rehearing state’s 6-week abortion ban

COLUMBIA, S.C. — On the day the South Carolina General Assembly picked a new Supreme Court justice, the current members of the state’s highest court said they wouldn’t reconsider a previous ruling striking down a six-week abortion ban.

Salon

"Fake abortion clinic" ads target poor

"Lower-income women are being targeted, and they're the ones that are going to suffer the most," researcher warns

The Independent UK

Matt Gaetz confronted by activist he body-shamed at State of the Union

“Just want everyone to know I just shook @mattgaetz hand and thanked him for helping me raise two million dollars,” Olivia Julianna tweeted

The Texas Tribune

Texas sues to block Biden’s abortion medication guidance

In July, the Biden administration reminded pharmacies of their obligation to not discriminate in filling prescriptions, including for abortion-inducing drugs, many of which can be used to treat other conditions as well.

Daily Mirror

Archie Battersbee: Voice note left on boy's phone said his mum wanted to abort him

An inquest into Archie Batterbee's death continued today and proceedings heard a voice note on his phone from four days before his death jested his mother had wanted an abortion

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