Health Jan 31 New York doctor indicted over online prescription of abortion pill in Louisiana By Sara Cline, Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
Health Aug 25 Watch 6:25 In post-Roe era, study finds more Americans are self-managing their abortions According to a new study, the percentage of people who say they’ve tried to end a pregnancy outside of the medical system has gone up since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. John Yang speaks with… By John Yang, Andrew Corkery, Andrew Chambers
Politics Jun 13 Supreme Court unanimously preserves access to abortion medication mifepristone The justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug, and the FDA's subsequent actions to ease access to it. By Mark Sherman, Associated Press
Politics Mar 24 LISTEN: In mifepristone case, Supreme Court seems concerned about whether opponents have right to sue The high court's return to the abortion thicket is taking place in a political and regulatory landscape that was reshaped by the abortion decision in 2022 that led many Republican-led states to ban or severely restrict abortion.
Health Mar 24 Watch 6:34 Why 2024 may be the most consequential election for reproductive rights in 50 years The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a case challenging FDA rules that make it easier to get mifepristone, the medication that accounts for more than half of all U.S. abortions. John Yang speaks with legal historian Mary… By John Yang, Harry Zahn
Apr 24 Supreme Court’s move on abortion pill in line with majority of Americans By Laura Santhanam "We're far from resolved in this country around abortion, and the courts are extremely busy."… Continue reading
Apr 13 Court maintains abortion pill access but tightens restrictions By Paul J. Weber, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press The decision late Wednesday temporarily narrowed a ruling by a lower court judge in Texas that had completely blocked the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the nation’s most commonly used method of abortion. Continue reading
Apr 09 Health secretary Becerra slams Texas abortion pill ruling as ‘reckless’ and ‘not America’ By Hope Yen, Associated Press The nation's top health official said Sunday that a court ruling threatening the availability of a main drug used in medication abortion was “not America" and he did not rule out defying the judge's order if necessary. Continue reading
Apr 08 What does the Comstock Act, a law from the 1870s, have to do with abortion pills? By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press Dormant for a half-century, the Comstock Act has been revived by anti-abortion groups and conservative states seeking to block the mailing of mifepristone, the pill used in more than half of U.S. abortions. Here's a look at the case and… Continue reading
Apr 08 Abortion pill decision latest contentious ruling by Trump-appointed Texas judge By Lindsay Whitehurst, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press A Texas judge who sparked a legal firestorm with an unprecedented ruling halting approval of the nation's most common method of abortion is a former attorney for a religious liberty legal group with a long history pushing conservative causes. Continue reading