CVS and Walgreens Will Begin Selling Abortion Pills This Month
The two largest pharmacy chains in the United States will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month, a step that could make access easier for some patients.
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Abortion Shield Laws: A New War Between the States
Behind an unmarked door in a boxy brick building outside Boston, a quiet rebellion is taking place. Here, in a 7-by-12-foot room, abortion is being made available to thousands of women in states where it is illegal.
Abortions by Telemedicine and Mailed Pills Are Safe and Effective, Study Finds
Taking abortion pills prescribed through telemedicine and received by mail — a method used by growing numbers of abortion patients — is as safe and effective as when the pills are obtained by visiting a doctor, a large new study found. The method was about 98 percent effective and was safe for over 99 percent of patients, the study reported.
Journal Retracts Studies Cited in Federal Court Ruling Against Abortion Pill
An academic journal publisher this week retracted two studies that were cited by a federal judge in Texas last year when he ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone should be taken off the market.
What to Know About the Federal Law at the Heart of the Latest Supreme Court Abortion Case
One of the newest battlefields in the abortion debate is a decades-old federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known by doctors and health policymakers as EMTALA.
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