New York Times, June 13, 2024 The Supreme Court upheld access to a widely available abortion pill, rejecting a bid from a group of anti-abortion organizations and doctors to unravel the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the pill. In a unanimous decision, written by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, the court held that the plaintiffs lacked standing to challenge the F.D.A.’s actions. Those who object to what a law allows others to do can always [...]

Over 40,000 people in states with severe abortion bans or telehealth restrictions received medication abortion through shield laws in the latter half of 2023 See release

New York Times, May 22, 2024 A bill that is expected to pass would impose prison time and thousands of dollars in fines on people possessing the pills without a prescription. Should the Senate follow suit, Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican and a vocal opponent of abortion, is likely to sign the legislation into law. The measure — which would put abortion pills in the same category as Xanax, Ambien and Valium — contradicts the [...]

BBC Sounds, May 8, 2024 Pussy Riot will be performing in Alabama to lend their support to those fighting to overturn abortion restrictions in the state. Nadya Tolokonnikova tells BBC why they've chosen to take part. Hear the interview

NBC News, May 8, 2024 NBC News Politics Reporter Adam Edelman joins Meet the Press NOW to report on which states could include abortion ballot measures in the 2024 election. So far, three states have abortion access on the ballot -- Florida, New York and Maryland -- and eight other states are seeking to put the issue on the ballot. Read More

Associated Press, April 19, 2024 Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal. The cases raise alarms about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S., especially in states that enacted strict abortion laws and sparked confusion around the treatment doctors can provide. Read More

New York Times, April 24, 2024 Supreme Court justices seemed divided Wednesday over a case looking at whether Idaho’s near-total ban on abortion is so strict that it violates a federal law requiring emergency care for any patient, including providing abortions for pregnant women in dire situations. A ruling could reverberate beyond Idaho, to at least half a dozen other states that have similarly restrictive bans. A decision is expected late June. Read More

New York Times, April 9, 2024 The state's highest court said an1864 law banning abortions, moribund for decades under Roe v. Wade, was now enforceable, but it put its decision on hold for a lower court to hear other challenges to the law. Abortion providers said they expected to continue performing abortions through May as their lawyers and Democratic lawmakers searched for new legal arguments and additional tactics to delay the ruling. Democrats condemned the [...]

(Washington Post | March 25, 2024) A newly published study finds that volunteer-led networks distributing abortion pills helped drive a rise in "self-managed abortions." Nearly 28,000 additional doses of pills intended for “self-managed” abortions were provided in the six months after the fall of Roe v. Wade — more than quadrupling the average number of abortion pills provided that way per month before the decision and suggesting that many women have turned to medication abortion [...]

(NBC News | March 27, 2024 - Highlights and live updates from NBC News) The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to reject a challenge to the abortion pill mifepristone, with a number of justices indicating the lawsuit should be dismissed. During the arguments, there was little discussion of whether the Food and Drug Administration’s decisions to lift restrictions on the drug were unlawful. Instead, the justices focused on whether the group of anti-abortion doctors [...]