Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case brought by anti-abortion activists seeking to restrict the availability of mifepristone, the first of the two pills taken in a medication abortion. The basis of the arguments against the pill rests on myriad falsehoods, which have already been disproven: Contrary to anti-abortion activists’ claims, […]
The Supreme Court's anti-abortion majority is set to consider whether to order a reversal in U.S. drug laws and restrict women from obtaining abortion medication at pharmacies or through the mail. A ruling to restrict the most common method of abortion would limit the rights of women in California and other states where abortion remains legal. "We may have thought we were protected because California is supportive of abortion, but this decision [on abortion pills] will be national in scope,"...
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The case is the most significant abortion question to come before the court since it overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
The case is the most significant abortion question to come before the court since it overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
The case is the most significant abortion question to come before the court since it overturned the constitutional right to abortion.
Abortion is back on the docket at the U.S. Supreme Court, with the justices hearing arguments Tuesday about whether a pill used to terminate early pregnancies was properly evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The medication, mifepristone, has been used in the United States more than 5 million times since it was approved for use in 2000, according to Danco Laboratories, the company that sells it under the brand name Mifeprex. Fewer than 0.5% of women who take it experience "serious...
A federal abortion ban won’t pass Congress. But activists hope a 19th Century law could be enforced to halt the procedure.
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation.
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation.
Concerns raised after former Cherish Life vice-president Alan Baker elected chair of party’s Griffith divisional councilGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA prominent anti-abortion campaigner has won control of a Brisbane division of the Liberal National party, prompting alarm among moderates that “fringe infiltrators” were attempting to increase their influence as polls point to a state election win.Alan Baker, a former vice-president of the anti-abortion...
(The Center Square) – Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law a bill designed to address the spread of graffiti across Washington state. House Bill 1989 will establish a pilot program designed to test innovative technologies and utilize Washington State Department of Transportation traffic cameras to deter and identify taggers. During a January public hearing on the bill, prime sponsor Rep. Andrew Barkis, R-Olympia, told fellow members of the House Transportation...