There’s No Coming Back From Dobbs

Recent legal fights in Ohio provide a glimpse of how even sweeping abortion protections don’t automatically undo the effects of restrictions, and could lead to new ones. Last year, Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment enshrining the right to an abortion. But pro-abortion-rights advocates in the state are still fighting to throw out the state’s … Read more

Abortion Pills Have Changed the Post-Roe Calculus

Anti-abortion groups could also test the limits of shield laws in more indirect ways. In Texas, says John Seago, the president of Texas Right to Life, pro-abortion groups have put up billboards advertising abortion pills: “You can go to people putting up the billboard. That’s aiding and abetting.” His group has also encouraged Texas lawmakers … Read more

Abortion providers — and patients — are on the move, as state laws keep shifting

Since that ruling, 14 states have enacted bans with few exceptions, while other states have limited access. But states that do not have an abortion ban in place have seen an 11% increase in clinician-provided abortions since 2020, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a national nonprofit that supports abortion rights. Over 170,000 people traveled out … Read more

Two years after Roe’s overturn, there are more abortions in America — but they’re harder to get

Two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the number of abortions performed in the country is up. But that’s only part of the story. In many places, they are also much harder to get or provide. Read more at 19th News  

The astonishing radicalism of Florida’s new ban on abortion

Florida’s law not only bans abortion after six weeks but also bans abortion by telemedicine and requires any medication abortion to be dispensed in person, which effectively outlaws mail orders of the pills. (Researchers have affirmed there is no medical need for abortion pills to be administered in the physical presence of a health care … Read more

Opinion – How the Texas ban on mifepristone could jeopardize telemedicine for everyone

While Texas can ban mifepristone, by what authority can it restrict its order and transportation through the U.S. Postal Service without challenging the way telemedicine works? The looming question for legislators: Is banning a single medication worth jeopardizing the convenient and cost-effective health care telemedicine provides for millions of Americans? Read more at The Hill … Read more

Telemedicine abortion? It’s not as easy as it sounds (opinion piece)

The U.S. saw a massive 20-fold increase in telemedicine use during the COVID-19 pandemic, so more people are becoming familiar with its ins and outs. Telemedicine is also a safe way to prescribe medical abortion drugs to low-risk patients and can reduce back-and-forth travel to clinics for pre- or post-procedure appointments. But telemedicine isn’t without shortcomings — and there are several that abortion providers should … Read more