Deborah The Republican National Committee is doubling down on its anti-abortion stance by urging all GOP candidates and lawmakers to “go on offense” in the 2024 election cycle and pass the strictest anti-abortion legislation possible. Read more at The Hill
“You can imagine the implications this would have in the country, if states were able to maintain their own conflicting drug regulation systems,” Perryman says. “If laws like the one in West Virginia were able to stand, you would have a situation where states could regulate pharmaceutical products in ways that conflict with the safety … Read more
Half of women are unsure if medication abortion is legal in their state, and a third don’t know if they are allowed to access emergency contraceptive pills, new polling from the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) found. Read more at The 19th
“The chaos we’ve seen over the past six months is the environment anti-abortion politicians have worked for decades to create, and they won’t stop with Roe. While we work to protect and restore access to abortion, more attacks on sexual and reproductive health are happening now,” she said. “The path ahead will be challenging. It … Read more
Antigovernment violence has declined temporarily, as extremist groups have gone to ground after the Jan. 6 insurrection. However, a new wave of terrorism is sweeping the country: attacks on clinics that provide women’s health services, including abortions. Read more at The Hill
In states where abortion is no longer protected by law, nearly half of residents report that abortion access has narrowed since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade. Read more at The Hill
Women in Alabama who end pregnancies using abortion pills can be prosecuted. Read article at al.com
Using a tool created by the Markup, a nonprofit tech-journalism newsroom, ProPublica ran checks on 11 online pharmacies that sell abortion medication to reveal the web tracking technology they use. Late last year and in early January, ProPublica found web trackers on the sites of at least nine online pharmacies that provide pills by mail: … Read more
“To everyone listening, be sure, no one is immune from these impacts,” she said in remarks from Tallahassee, Fla. “Even in states that protect reproductive rights like New Jersey, Illinois, Oregon, even then, people live in fear of what might be next because Republicans in Congress are now calling for a nationwide abortion ban. Some … Read more
Next frontier in the abortion wars: Your local CVS Anti-abortion advocates are organizing pickets outside CVS and Walgreens in early February in at least eight cities, including Washington, D.C., in response to the companies’ plans to take advantage of the Food and Drug Administration’s decision last week allowing retail pharmacies to stock and dispense abortion … Read more
