Judge Rules Texas’ Abortion Ban Is Too Restrictive For Women With Pregnancy Complications
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge ruled Friday the state’s abortion ban has proven too restrictive for women with serious pregnancy complications and must allow exceptions without doctors fearing the threat of criminal charges. The ruling is the first to undercut Texas’ law since it took effect in 2022 and delivers a major victory […]
Most Patients Successfully Self-Manage Medication Abortion, Study Shows
In several countries, nearly all participants successfully completed a self-managed medication abortion without procedural intervention, a prospective observational study showed. In Argentina, Nigeria, and Southeast Asia, nine out of every ten individuals completed a self-managed medication abortion, which compares with data from randomized clinical trials. Among those who took misoprostol only, 95.7% had success, reported […]
Opinion | A Surge in Vasectomies: Sustaining the Demand
The Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision overturning federal abortion rights established by Roe v. Wade resulted in a sudden increase in the demand for vasectomies. That surge in demand caught the public’s attention. While most of the conversation focused on how the court’s decision drove this increase, the real matter we should be focusing on […]
Abortion Pill Fight Heats Up; Cancer Screening Still in a Slump; 5 Good Sleep Habits
Note that some links may require subscriptions. A lawsuit challenging FDA approval of the abortion drug mifepristone (Mifeprex) has the potential to undermine the entire drug approval process in the U.S. (STAT) Could you repeat that? Health authorities said China’s COVID epidemic is “basically over” but “not yet ended.” (Reuters) Too many people who are […]
Abortion Pill Can Be Dispensed in Retail Pharmacies, FDA Says
The FDA is now permitting mifepristone (Mifeprex), one of two drugs used for medication abortion, to be dispensed in retail pharmacies, the agency announced on Tuesday. Prior to this announcement, mifepristone could only be dispensed by some mail-order pharmacies, or in person by specially certified providers. This week’s decision will allow patients to pick up […]
I Had An Abortion In My 40s. I’ll Never Forget The Shocking Thing The Doctor Said To Me.
I never would have guessed that my first abortion would be when I was in my 40s, married, and a parent already. But that’s the situation I was in when my pregnancy test came back positive in the first July of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, I thought I had COVID — or just anxiety from […]
Abortion Post-Dobbs: Longer Travel Times, More Need for Self-Managed Care
Nearly 6 months since the Supreme Court decision overturned the federal right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, abortion access has dwindled, sending patients outside the formal healthcare system for care. Currently, more than a dozen states have instituted total bans on the procedure, and clinics in 15 states have stopped offering […]
Abortion Bans and Cancer Care; Melanoma Vaccine in the Works; New Cancer Epidemic?
Ohio’s 6-week abortion ban has forced women with cancer to seek out-of-state abortions so they can receive cancer treatment. In at least two cases, women were refused cancer treatment until they had abortions. (The 19th) CT and MRI may miss some pancreatic tumors, reducing the potential for early detection and a chance at life-saving surgery, […]
Google Commits To I.D. Real Abortion Clinics So Women Won’t Be Tricked By Fakes
Google has informed lawmakers that its searches, maps and ads will aim to accurately label abortion clinics so they can easily be found — and so that women won’t be tricked by anti-abortion fakes. The company is rolling out an update that will make it easier for people to find places that offer the services […]
Doctor Looks To Provide Abortions At Off-Shore Site After Roe Reversal
A Bay Area doctor is looking to circumvent Southern states’ abortion restrictions through a “floating health clinic” on federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Advertisement PRROWESS – or “Protecting Reproductive Rights Of Women Endangered by State Statutes” – won’t be subject to state abortion restrictions like those in the states that border the Gulf, […]