Tag: Abortion

Highest risk for no live births was seen for those in the health and social work industry

Move comes in response to FDA rule change this week allowing pharmacies to become certified to dispense mifepristone directly to someone with a prescription

Patients will still need a doctor's prescription to access the drugs, and pharmacies must follow certain rules to dispense the medication

Serious adverse events are rare, occur more often with mifepristone-misoprostol versus procedural induced abortion in first trimester

States with heavily restricted access to abortion in 2020 had a maternal death rate 62 percent higher than states with easier access

Risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes not increased for those conceiving within three months after miscarriage, induced abortion

Voters in three states approved measures to protect abortion rights; Kentucky voters rejected amendment saying there was no right to abortion

Signing of the order will launch the first meeting of a federal task force on access to reproductive care

HHS Department Office for Civil Rights sent guidance to more than 60,000 U.S. pharmacies

Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act applies to providers in all states, including those that now ban abortions