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This Game-Changing OTC Birth Control Pill is Almost Here

The FDA is currently deciding whether to make a progestin-only hormonal birth control available for over the counter use.

Inverse

GOP moves to limit abortion pill in US

A House panel advanced a 2024 budget bill that would block the ability to access the abortion drug via telehealth

Salon

Southern courtesy, the ‘mail business thing,’ and other surreal moments from the abortion pill argument

Here’s how three conservative judges on the 5th Circuit questioned lawyers defending mifepristone.

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US judges appear skeptical of preserving access to abortion pill

Washington (AFP) - A US federal appeals court panel appeared skeptical on Wednesday of preserving access to a widely used abortion pill.

AFP

The abortion pill mifepristone has another day in federal court

While a Supreme Court order continues to ensure the drug is still widely available, the issue returned Wednesday to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals as lawyers for both sides urged the court to act.

WEKU

Republican-appointed federal judges grill FDA in mifepristone hearing

A legal challenge against a widely used abortion drug could be headed to the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Appeals court weighs FDA approval of abortion drug - Roll Call

The oral arguments in the abortion drug case are the latest in what has become the next front in the battle over abortion.

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Federal appeals court seems skeptical of FDA's abortion pill approval

The court is likely to issue a final decision in the coming weeks.

Axios

Federal judges grill Biden administration on abortion pill

During a two-hour oral argument, the judges appeared sympathetic to an anti-abortion medical group seeking to revoke the FDA’s approval of mifepristone.

Politico

How mifepristone became a target of the US anti-abortion movement

The abortion pill, first invented in 1980 in France, was slow to be accepted in the US. Now, it’s at the center of a major court fight

The Guardian - US

Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court

A federal appeals court in New Orleans hears arguments Wednesday on whether a drug used in the most common method of abortion was properly approved by a government agency more than two decades ago

The Independent UK

3 judges who chipped away abortion rights to hear federal abortion pill appeal

Three appeals court judges with a history of supporting restrictions on abortion will hear arguments May 17 on whether a widely used abortion drug should remain available

The Independent UK

An obscure 1800s law is shaping up to be the center of the next abortion battle – legal scholars explain what's behind the Victorian-era Comstock Act

Anti-abortion groups are looking for new ways to wage their battle against abortion rights, eyeing the potential implications of a 150-year-old law, the Comstock Act, that could effectively lead to a nationwide abortion ban.

The Conversation

Republican Virginia Attorney General Miyares defends staying out of abortion pill case

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has defended his decision not to join most of his Republican counterparts across the country in supporting a lawsuit challenging the safety and approval of the abortion medication mifepristone

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The Independent UK

Abortion clinics in 3 states sue to protect pill access

Abortion providers in three states filed a lawsuit Monday aimed at preserving access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone

The Independent UK

Abortion pill legal challenge threatens miscarriage care

One of the most widely used treatments for miscarriage is in jeopardy

Crikey

Australia views itself as a leader in reproductive rights. In truth, we’re struggling to catch up

Through a combination of complacency and political cowardice, the reproductive rights of Australians remain inadequate and insecure.

The Independent UK

Vermont passes bills aimed at protecting abortion pills

The Vermont Legislature has passed reproductive and gender-affirming health care bills with a late addition aimed at protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions — even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of mifepristone

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France 24

The long and winding history of the war on abortion drugs

Along with the stethoscope and camembert cheese, mifepristone may be one of France’s greatest inventions. It’s one of two drugs taken for medical abortions, along with misoprostol, and has been making headlines in the US, where a Texas judge issued a ruling to ban it nationwide. FRANCE 24 takes a…

The Conversation

Challenging the FDA's authority isn't new – the agency's history shows what's at stake when drug regulation is in limbo

Political pressure is nothing new for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency has frequently come under fire for its drug approval decisions, but attacks on its decision-making process and science itself have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Conversation

Mifepristone is under scrutiny in the courts, but it has been used safely and effectively around the world for decades

A flurry of court rulings in April 2023 has left the future of the abortion pill mifepristone in question. For now, a U.S. Supreme Court decision on April 21 allows the drug to remain accessible without additional restrictions as the merits of the case are weighed in lower court proceedings.

The Guardian - US

A reasonable supreme court? Hardly. Don’t be fooled by this extremist establishment

Recent stay on the abortion pill ban is a contest between conservative institutionalists and ideologues on the court

Politico

Lawyers suggest a way around abortion pill restrictions but doctors may be afraid to try it

Doctors can prescribe abortion pills off-label if courts impose restrictions. Will they?

The Guardian - US

Majority of Americans oppose bans of medication abortion drugs, poll finds

Majority of Americans also don’t believe federal judges should be able to overturn FDA approval of a prescription drug, poll shows

The Conversation

How will the Supreme Court's decision on mifepristone affect abortion access? 4 questions answered

On April 21, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone, which is used in more than half of all abortions in the U.S., could remain accessible without restrictions – at least for now. The decision is temporary, however, buying time as an appeals court weighs the…

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