Abortion Pill

Louisiana had de FDA aangeklaagd in een poging de regels van het regelgevende agentschap voor het op afstand voorschrijven van mifepristone in te perken. Het Amerikaanse Hooggerechtshof bevestigde donderdag in een besluit via de 'shadow docket' de landelijke toegang tot mifepristone, een medicijn voor abortus, via postorder. Louisiana klaagde de US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in oktober aan in een poging de regels van het agentschap voor het op afstand voorschrijven van mifepristone te beperken, met het argument dat dit interfereerde met het abortusverbod van de staat. Lees verder...

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...