Supreme Court puts abortion pill ruling on hold for now
Limits on how late into a pregnancy the drug can be taken, who can prescribe it and how it can be dispensed were set to take effect Saturday at 1 a.m.
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Limits on how late into a pregnancy the drug can be taken, who can prescribe it and how it can be dispensed were set to take effect Saturday at 1 a.m.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement the Justice Department "strongly disagrees" with the decision from an appeals court.
Skyler Hentry reports on the ruling by a federal appeals court that allows continued access to the abortion pill with some restrictions (4-13-2023)
California secured about two million pills, while Massachusetts purchased about 15,000.
The FDA approved mifepristone more than 20 years ago.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday withdrew a $54 million contract with Walgreens after the pharmacy giant indicated it would not sell an abortion pill by mail in some conservative-led states.
Governor Gavin Newsom says the state will no longer do business with the Walgreens drug store chain over its position on providing abortion pills.
The decision comes as a federal judge is set to rule on a lawsuit that seeks to restrict access to Mifepristone.
Democratic governors in 20 states are launching a network intended to strengthen abortion access in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision nixing a woman's constitutional right to end a pregnancy and instead shifting regulatory powers over the procedure to state governments.
Vice President Kamala Harris will headline the White House's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade on Sunday, a bitter historical milestone for the Biden administration after the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back the national right to abortion.
Backed by a coalition of 10 other attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta urged Apple to protect people's reproductive health information from third-party apps.
While Democrats campaigned on the issue, anti-abortion groups slammed GOP candidates for taking the "ostrich strategy: burying their heads in the sand and running" from abortion.
Voters in heavily Democratic California on Tuesday resoundingly approved a ballot measure to enshrine the right to abortion and contraception in the state constitution.
In five states, voters will decide in the midterm elections this November whether to protect the right to abortion or restrict access.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than a dozen new abortion laws Tuesday, including some that deliberately clash with restrictions in other states, thereby signaling that incoming conflicts are coming and must be sorted out.
Anne Makovec reports on Gov. Newsom backing abortion-rights ads on billboards in multiple states (9-15-2022)
California launched a publicly funded website on Tuesday to promote the state's abortion services, listing clinics, linking to financial help for travel and lodging and letting teenagers in other states know they don't need their parents permission to get an abortion in the state.
On Tuesday morning, four Oakland city councilmembers voiced their support for a statewide ballot measure this fall to establish a right to reproductive freedom in the state Constitution.
Employees want parent company Alphabet to strengthen privacy for Google users searching for abortion information.
A Nebraska mother and her teenage daughter are facing criminal charges following the teen's abortion in April in a case where police obtained their Facebook messages about the abortion through a search warrant, according to published reports.
A Nebraska mother and her teenage daughter are facing criminal charges following the teen's abortion in April in a case where police obtained their Facebook messages about the abortion through a search warrant, according to published reports.
A Roe v. Wade protester claims she was injected with an unknown sedative without consent by members of the San Francisco fire and police departments during a Chase Center protest in June.
After voters in Kansas rejected a measure removing abortion rights from the state constitution, President Joe Biden issued an executive order supporting patients who travel out of state. Natalie Brand reports. (8/3/22)
On Saturday, women at a San Francisco gym used their muscle to show strength for women in states that have restricted access to abortion.
On Saturday, women at a San Francisco gym used their muscle to show strength for women in states that have restricted access to abortion. Max Darrow reports. (7-30-22)
