The Supreme Court Protects Access to the Abortion Pill Mifepristone—At Least for Now
Young tourists shout their opposition to anti-abortion activists from the plaza in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In a major, if temporary, victory for abortion rights advocates, the Supreme Court on Friday granted the Biden administration’s…
Health Care Without Mifepristone? “The Experience for Patients Is Going to Be Awful.”
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“It was absolutely revolutionary,” Dr. Marguerite Cohen, an OB-GYN in Portland, Oregon, says. Dr. Cassing Hammond, an OB-GYN in Chicago, Illinois, describes it as a “sea change—a godsend for so many of the patients who needed…
“You Would Only Need a Week”: How the Next Republican President Could Ban Abortion Nationwide
timnewman/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Two months before a right-wing judge in Texas threw the legal status of the abortion pill mifepristone into limbo, a group of red-state attorneys general ganged up on executives at CVS and Walgreens, trying to stop them from filling prescriptions…
Florida Just Passed a Six Week Abortion Ban
Pro-choice protesters in Tampa in January.Tampa Bay Times/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Florida legislature on Thursday approved a ban on abortion after six weeks gestation, before many women know they’re pregnant. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the bill into…
The Shocking Lack of Science in the Ruling Banning a Common, Safe Abortion Drug
Mother Jones; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday night, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk rolled back the FDA’s authorization of mifepristone, the first drug in the standard two-part medication abortion protocol. The ruling is an unprecedented judicial act: A federal court overruling the long-standing scientific…
Health Secretary Says “Everything Is on the Table” to Protect Abortion Pill Access
Mariam Zuhaib/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said the administration is willing to do whatever it takes to protect access to the abortion drug mifepristone, after a federal judge in Texas suspended the FDA’s approval of…