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Louisiana Indicts California Doctor in Abortion Fight

Dr. Remy Coeytaux, protected by shield laws, is also named in a Texas man's lawsuit

(Newser) - Louisiana is pursuing a criminal case against another out-of-state doctor accused of mailing abortion pills to a patient in the state, court documents filed this month reveal, per the AP . Louisiana said in a court case filed Sept. 19 that it had issued a warrant for a California-based doctor who...

RFK Jr. Orders New FDA Review of Key Abortion Pill

Move could affect access to most common abortion method nationwide

(Newser) - Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this week that the FDA will launch a fresh review of mifepristone, the primary drug used for medication abortions in the US. The move comes in response to requests from 22 Republican attorneys general, who've raised concerns about...

Texas on Cusp of Allowing Citizens to Sue on Abortion Pills

Bill moves to Gov. Abbott's desk

(Newser) - A measure that would allow Texas residents to sue out-of-state abortion pill providers advanced to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk on Wednesday, setting the state up to be the first to try to crack down on the most common abortion method. Supporters say it's a key tool to enforce...

Costco's Decision on Abortion Pill Riles Up Both Sides

Warehouse giant says it made its decision not to sell mifepristone based on 'lack of demand'

(Newser) - A relatively easy way to pick up abortion medication has been taken off the table. On Thursday, Costco announced that, after more than a year of deliberations and feedback both for and against, it has decided not to sell mifepristone, the first pill taken in a two-step drug-driven abortion process,...

Man Faces Murder Charges Over Using Abortion Drug

Authorities say Texas suspect spiked girlfriend's drink, causing her to lose pregnancy

(Newser) - A Texas man has been charged with capital murder after allegedly slipping an abortion drug into his pregnant girlfriend's drink without her knowledge, police say. Justin Anthony Banta, 38, was arrested on Friday following a monthslong probe into claims made by his ex-girlfriend, per the BBC . According to...

Trump Administration Makes Surprise Move on Mifepristone

Department of Justice is continuing Biden administration's legal course in lawsuit

(Newser) - In a perhaps surprising move from the Trump administration, the Department of Justice is continuing a legal course first plotted by the Biden administration in a case involving the abortion drug mifepristone. As CBS News reports, when the Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling in favor of the abortion pill...

It's Texas' 'Most Sweeping Abortion Bill' in Years

Senate Bill 2880 targets distributors of abortion pills, companies that process payments

(Newser) - There's been some uncertainty about how Republican states with abortion bans will try to project their power outside of state lines, reports AFP . But for Texas, the path is becoming clear. Amid the state's court challenge of New York's shield law , Texas Republicans have launched what experts...

With Mifepristone Under Attack, a New Possible Option

Study: Ulipristal acetate found in emergency contraception pill may be viable abortion alternative

(Newser) - A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in the most common type of abortion in the United States. Mifepristone has been under attack...

Anti-Abortionists After Trump Win: 'Now the Work Begins'

Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America to push for more abortion restrictions under new administration

(Newser) - Anti-abortion advocates say there's still work to be done to further restrict access to abortion when Republican Donald Trump returns to the White House next year. They point to the federal guidance that the administration of Democratic President Biden released around emergency abortions, requiring that hospitals provide them for...

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Kavanaugh Wrote Decision in Favor of Abortion Pill

But narrow ruling on legal standing doesn't mean the fight over mifepristone is over

(Newser) - Advocates of abortion rights won a significant Supreme Court victory on Thursday in a unanimous ruling that means a widely used abortion pill will remain accessible. But the decision was a narrow one—on legal standing, not on the merits of the argument—and it leaves the door open for...

Abortion Rights Advocates Score a Supreme Court Win

Justices reject a legal challenge to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the US last year—the court's first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal...

Abortion Drugs Are Now Controlled Substances Here

Lousiana Gov. Jeff Landry signs legislation on mifepristone, misoprostol

(Newser) - First-of-its-kind legislation that classifies two abortion-inducing drugs as controlled and dangerous substances was signed into law Friday by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. The Republican governor announced his signing of the bill in Baton Rouge a day after it gained final legislative passage in the state Senate. The measure affects the...

Abortion Pills on Brink of Being Reclassified in Louisiana

State House and Senate have both passed bill

(Newser) - Louisiana is one signature away from being the first US state to reclassify two abortion-inducing drugs as dangerous controlled substances. The State Senate passed the bill 29-7 on Thursday, and GOP Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to sign it. The law would move the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol into...

Abortion-Rights Backers May Get a Win at Supreme Court

Most justices sound skeptical about challenge to abortion pill mifepristone

(Newser) - It looks like those who support abortion access will be getting good news from the Supreme Court. The justices heard arguments Tuesday in a case that could drastically curb use of the commonly used abortion pill mifepristone, and news coverage is pretty much unanimous in asserting that most justices—both...

Issue of Abortion Is Again Before the Supreme Court

Justices will hear arguments on whether to restrict access to abortion pill

(Newser) - Abortion is once again before the Supreme Court, this time in a closely watched case about a commonly used abortion pill, mifepristone. The justices will hear arguments Tuesday morning on whether it should be more difficult for women to get the drug, which was used in two-thirds of US abortions...

Man Who Put Abortion Drug in Wife's Drink Gets Jail Time

It's 180 days behind bars for Texas lawyer Mason Herring

(Newser) - A Texas man who pleaded guilty to sneaking an abortion drug into his pregnant wife's drinks will serve 180 days behind bars and be on probation for 10 years, reports the AP . NBC News reports that Mason Herring is also barred from having any contact with either his estranged...

Two Studies Cited in Ruling on Abortion Pill Are Retracted

Medical publisher commissioned peer review after judge used the findings in case headed to Supreme Court

(Newser) - A medical journal has retracted two studies claiming to show the harms of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing conflicts of interest by the authors and flaws in their research. Two of the three studies retracted by medical publisher Sage Perspectives were cited in a pivotal Texas court ruling that has...

Supreme Court Will Take on Abortion Pill, Trump Cases

Court could set limits on mifepristone, undo Capitol riot charges against hundreds, including Trump

(Newser) - The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, in what the AP reports is its first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade last year. Also Wednesday, the court agreed to...

Judge: State Abortion Pill Ban Can Override FDA Approval

He says West Virginia can restrict sale of pill

(Newser) - West Virginia can restrict the sale of the abortion pill, despite federal regulators' approval of it as a safe and effective medication, a federal judge has ruled. US District Court Judge Robert C. Chambers determined Thursday that the near-total abortion ban signed by Republican Gov. Jim Justice in September 2022...

Appeals Court Upholds Abortion Drug Restrictions

But SCOTUS will have the final say

(Newser) - New restrictions on access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion would be imposed under a federal appeals court ruling issued Wednesday, but the Supreme Court will have the final say. The ruling by three judges on the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New...

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