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The fight over the abortion pill erases years of progress on expanding drug’s reach

The latest move in the fight over the abortion pill erases years of progress in increasing access to the drug, with the leader of the country’s biggest medical body calling it a “profoundly dangerous step backwards.”

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The GOP's abortion albatross

They brought this on themselves

Salon

DeSantis quietly signs Florida 6-week abortion ban

During a private ceremony, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill that would ban most abortions in Florida after six weeks, a time before most women know they are pregnant.

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Supreme Court halts abortion drug case through Wednesday - Roll Call

The ruling comes after a federal judge in Texas suspended the FDA's 2000 approval of mifespristone, a drug used for medication abortions.

Roll Call

All eyes on SCOTUS for abortion pill ruling

A decision could come Friday — and could effectively override the Food and Drug Administration's decision-making.

Axios

A new abortion pill ruling is super bad

The 5th Circuit judges nodded approval of a 19th century federal law that was used to ban books and birth control

Salon

Here's what really happened during the abortion drug's approval 23 years ago

A Texas judge ruled that the Food and Drug Administration wrongly approved mifepristone in 2000 and accused it of doing a rush job. Here's what really went down.

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The pharmaceutical industry urges courts to preserve access to abortion pill

As the debate over mifepristone makes its way to the Supreme Court, the pharmaceutical industry has raised concerns that ruling against the FDA could chill the development of new drugs.

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Commentary: Abortion pill ruling means more painful, later terminations

The conservative 5th Circuit has blocked part of a Texas judge’s decision to pull abortion drug mifepristone off the market, but leaves in place onerous and outdated restrictions that the Food and Drug Administration determined in 2016 were medically unnecessary.

Tribune News Service

Afternoon Update: Presbyterian church’s LGBTQ+ school discrimination; Florida’s abortion ban; Jennifer Coolidge to visit Australia

Church calls for the right to exclude students from leadership positions if they are in a same-sex relationship or having premarital sex

The Guardian - AU

Florida has a new abortion ban after 6 weeks, but it can't go into effect yet

The ban gives Gov. DeSantis a key political victory among Republican primary voters as he prepares to launch a presidential candidacy built on his national brand as a conservative standard bearer.

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The Good and Bad of the Fifth Circuit's Abortion Pill Ruling

The appeals court's unpublished order avoids some of the district court's errors, but still has some significant problems, especially with regard to standing.

Reason

Ron DeSantis signs six-week abortion ban into law in Florida

The ban is set to strike another blow against the availability of abortion in the Deep South

The Independent UK

DeSantis to sign 6-week abortion ban

The only exceptions to the ban will be in the case of rape and incest up to 15 weeks, per Thursday's hearing

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Florida Governor DeSantis signs abortion ban into law

Florida now among some 13 other US states that have enacted bans on abortion at six weeks of pregnancy or earlier.

Los Angeles Times

Biden administration will ask Supreme Court to preserve full access to abortion pills

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that the Biden administration will ask the Supreme Court to preserve full and easy access to the abortion medication that has become the most-used method of ending early pregnancies.

Orlando Sentinel

Florida lawmakers OK 6-week abortion ban backed by Gov. DeSantis

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Rejecting Democratic efforts to change it, the Republican-controlled Legislature gave final approval Thursday to a near-total ban on abortion after six weeks, sending the bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis who has said he would sign it.

The Independent UK

Florida GOP passes 6-week abortion ban, DeSantis supports

The Republican-dominated Florida Legislature has approved a bill to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy

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The Independent UK

Abortion providers scramble as courts restrict pills

Doctors, clinics and telehealth providers across the country are scrambling to figure out how they will continue to provide the most common type of abortion after a federal appeals court imposed new restrictions on a key abortion medication

Al Jazeera

Biden administration to bring abortion pill case to Supreme Court

The decision comes shortly after an appeals court left numerous restrictions on abortion pill access in place.

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Share your story: Have you used medication for abortion or miscarriage care?

NPR would like to hear from you. With the future of some abortion pills in jeopardy, tell us about your experience using medication to end a pregnancy or treat a miscarriage.

Reason

The Unprecedented Judicial Move in the Texas Abortion Pill Decision

It’s not the FDA’s job to tell doctors what to do.

The Independent UK

GOP's Tim Scott says he backs 20-week federal abortion ban

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina says he'd support a federal ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy

Tribune News Service

Justice Department to ask Supreme Court to intervene in abortion pill case

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Biden administration will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the availability of a widely used abortion pill after a federal appeals court cleared the way for new restrictions to take effect Friday.

Salon

Abortions fall over 6% post-Dobbs

Data suggests tens of thousands of people were forced to carry pregnancies they didn’t want to or couldn’t carry

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