Dennis Willard, spokesperson for One Person One Vote, celebrates the results of the election during a watch party on Aug. 8, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio voters have resoundingly rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to pass abortion protections. | Photo Credit: AP Ohio voters…
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How a medication abortion, also known as an ‘abortion pill,’ works | CNN
CNN — While legal battles over access to mifepristone, one of two drugs used for medication abortions, play out in court, the drug continues to be available in states which consider abortion legal. “While many women obtain medication abortion from a clinic or their OB-GYN, others obtain the pills on…
How safe is the abortion pill compared with other common drugs | CNN
CNN — The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage. A federal judge in Texas previously ruled to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, the first drug in the medication abortion process,…
A childbirth myth is spreading on TikTok. Doctors say the truth is different | CNN
CNN — Ashley Martinez has four sons and is pregnant with the daughter she’s wanted for years. Last month, she posted a video online imploring doctors to prioritize her life, not the life of her unborn baby, if complications arise when she is in labor and it comes down to…
Biden Moves to Protect Access to Reproductive Health Care
July 8, 2022 – President Joe Biden today signed an executive order that aims to push back on efforts in several states to extend abortion restrictions after the Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade. The executive order calls on federal agencies to expand access to reproductive care, crack down…