A federal appeals court has upheld some restrictions on access to the abortion medication mifepristone, while still allowing it to remain available, CNN reports. The government and mifepristone’s manufacturer will likely appeal the ruling, setting up another major abortion rights showdown in the Supreme Court following its decision to overturn …
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Kierre Morgan has had an abortion, but it was the abortion she didn’t have that transformed her into an activist. She was 17 and in denial, at first, about being pregnant at all. Under Ohio law, she needed permission to terminate her pregnancy, and — after considering whether she could …
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The fight over access to a critical abortion drug rages on. On Wednesday, lawyers for the Biden administration and Danco Laboratories, the maker of mifepristone, defended the Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade old approval of the medication, while advocates for a coalition of anti-abortion medical and dental societies argued the …
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided late on Wednesday that the abortion pill Mifepristone can stay on the market, partially reversing Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling last week banning it nationwide. The three-judge panel on the federal appeals court stipulated, however, that the drug cannot be sent through the …
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Florida’s House has sent a bill instituting a six-week abortion ban to Governor Ron DeSantis’ desk — and he’s already indicated he’ll likely give it his signature. The Republican supermajority passed the proposed bill in a 70-40 vote on Thursday, and summarily rejected dozens of amendments from Democrats seeking to …
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