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Abortion Medication
April 24, 2023
Tori Otten
Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Don’t Have Confidence in Supreme Court
The drop in confidence comes as the Supreme Court debates the future of the abortion pill.
April 11, 2023
Matt Ford
Why Mifepristone Might Not Be Doomed at the Supreme Court
On abortion medication, the justices would have very good reasons to leave the status quo intact for FDA drug approvals.
March 22, 2023
Grace Segers
What to Expect If the Abortion Drug Mifepristone Gets Banned
A Texas judge’s decision on access to medication abortion has reproductive rights advocates on edge and providers bracing for a fresh round of chaos.
July 20, 2022
Laura Weiss
After
Roe
’s Repeal, CVS Told Pharmacists to Withhold Certain Prescriptions
The retail health care giant instructed pharmacies to check why customers need medications such as methotrexate—and to refuse to provide them if they can’t prove they’re not for an abortion.
July 14, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
A Window of Possibility on Self-Managed Abortion
Telehealth has grown increasingly common in the face of Covid-19. A federal judge has now extended that access to medication abortion.
March 4, 2020
Amy Littlefield
,
Laura Gottesdiener
The Radical Future of Self-Managed Abortion Is Already Here
“I remember one woman who arrived and asked, ‘Is this the clinic?’ And we were like, ‘What clinic?’”
January 22, 2020
Melissa Gira Grant
“Female Monthly Pills” and the Coded Language of Abortion Before
Roe
Our future might look much like our past, with pills as a major part of abortion access—and an obsessive target for abortion opponents.
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