Abortion Pill

• La Louisiana aveva fatto causa alla FDA nel tentativo di limitare le norme dell'agenzia regolatoria sulla prescrizione remota di mifepristone. • La Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti ha confermato l'accesso a livello nazionale al mifepristone, un farmaco per l'aborto, tramite posta, in una decisione del "shadow-docket" di giovedì. • La Louisiana ha fatto causa alla US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a ottobre nel tentativo di limitare le norme dell'agenzia regolatoria sulla prescrizione remota di mifepristone, sostenendo che ciò interferisse con il divieto di aborto dello stato.

Order signed by justice Samuel Alito allows people seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or by mail for nowThe US supreme court on Monday restored broad access to the abortion pill mifepristone, blocking a ruling that had threatened to upend one of the main ways abortion is provided across the nation.The order signed by justice Samuel Alito temporarily allows women seeking abortions to obtain the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. Continue reading...

• Abortion rights advocates petitioned the Supreme Court to reverse lower court restrictions on mail-order mifepristone access. • The case follows appeals court limits on the pill used in most medication abortions nationwide. • A favorable SCOTUS ruling could preserve telehealth options amid state bans.

Critics hit out at ‘dire’ situation in the country which has the strictest laws around abortion in western EuropeRights campaigners have affixed lockboxes containing abortion pills to sites across Malta, in a campaign designed to highlight the country’s near-total ban on abortion.The 15 black boxes aim to provide practical help to women grappling with the EU’s strictest abortion laws; anyone who is less than nine weeks pregnant and in need of an abortion is invited to send an email to obtain the location and codes to access the pills. Continue reading...

If prosecuted, case against 31-year-old would be one of first in Georgia since it passed 2019 law banning most abortionsSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA 31-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an illegal abortion.If state prosecutors decide to move forward with the murder charge brought by local police against Alexia Moore, her case would be one of the first instances of a woman being charged for terminating a pregnancy in Georgia since it passed a 2019 law banning most abortions. Continue reading...