[ The Biden campaign on Monday ripped into former President Trump’s stance on abortion in a new ad blaming the former president for the near-death of a Texas woman after she was denied an abortion following a miscarriage. The 60-second ad, titled “Willow’s Box,” features an emotional interview with the woman, Amanda Zurawski, who discussed … Read more
[ Together with Floridians Protecting Freedom, Hochkammer and her team are calling for an amendment that would make it unconstitutional to pass legislation limiting access to abortion prior to viability or when necessary for a patient’s health. A total of 890,000 signatures are needed to get this initiative on the November 2024 general election ballot. … Read more
[ Today the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in a consequential case that threatens to curb access to medication abortion across the country. A central issue in the case is the safety of the drug mifepristone, the first in a two-pill regimen used to induce an abortion. The drug blocks a … Read more
[ In October, Melissa began an in vitro fertilization cycle. A resident of Birmingham, Alabama, her fertility journey to that point had been not just difficult, but harrowing—earlier that year, she had nearly bled to death during a procedure to resolve a second-trimester miscarriage. When the IVF process yielded just a single viable embryo, she … Read more
[ Charlotte is the TikTok generation’s Virgin Mary. Only she’s not human, and she’s carrying up to four messiahs. For a brief moment, some wondered aloud whether Charlotte, a round stingray about the size of a serving platter, might have been knocked up by a shark. She has been in a tank in Hendersonville, North … Read more
[ Wyden’s office has been investigating Near Intelligence Inc. since last year after a report by The Wall Street Journal uncovered that an anti-abortion group had used data from the company to target people who had visited reproductive clinics. Since Roe was overturned in 2022, activists have warned that location tracking data may be used … Read more
[ Scientific publisher Sage Journals has retracted three papers on abortion—including a controversial 2021 study on mifepristone, the medication at the center of a US legal battle. The 2021 study found that mifepristone, one of two pills used in a medication abortion, significantly increased the risk of women going to the emergency room following an … Read more
[ President Biden on Friday railed against the Supreme Court’s decision to allow Idaho to enact certain provisions in its near-total abortion ban, arguing it is a catalyst for Republican officials to “continue to jeopardize women’s health.” “Today’s Supreme Court order allows Idaho’s extreme abortion ban to go back into effect and denies women critical … Read more
[ When access to reproductive health care is threatened in the United States, a growing number of women stock up on abortion medications to keep on hand in case they need the pills in the future, new research shows. A study analyzed 48,404 requests for “advance provision” abortion medications made to Aid Access, an Austria-based … Read more
[ In 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that protected abortion rights in the United States. Since then, many states have rolled back abortion services or made them outright illegal. That includes some states restricting access to abortion pills like mifepristone. Now, at the start of an election … Read more
