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Supreme Court upholds full access to mifepristone |
The Supreme Court said a group of anti-abortion doctors don't have legal standing to sue the Biden administration over changes made by the Food and Drug Administration to make the abortion pill more accessible. |
"We recognize that many citizens, including the plaintiff doctors here, have sincere concerns about and objections to others using mifepristone and obtaining abortions," Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the unanimous decision. "But citizens and doctors do not have standing to sue simply because others are allowed to engage in certain activities," he added. Essentially, that means nothing is changing. The drug will remain available to people up to the 10th week of pregnancy and will still be available through the mail. Nurses and other non-physicians are still allowed to prescribe it. But access depends on where you live. Walgreens and CVS in March said they would fill prescriptions for mifepristone "in states where it is legally allowed." Abortion is almost completely banned in more than a dozen states, meaning mifepristone is illegal. Some states have essentially banned telemedicine abortion by requiring a physician to be in the same room as the patient when administering the medications. Arizona has banned them from being mailed. Still, medication abortion use has soared in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ending Roe v. Wade, and accounts for about two-thirds of pregnancy terminations nationwide. There are a handful of providers in blue states that prescribe abortion pills through telehealth shield laws, but they don't operate in every state, and red states are looking for ways to stop the practice. |
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Two Senate bills from different sides of the aisle aimed at protecting access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) were voted down this week amid bipartisan squabbling. The Right to IVF Act — sponsored by Democratic Sens. Tammy Duckworth (Ill.), Patty Murray (Wash.) and Cory Booker (N.J.) — and the IVF Protection Act — sponsored by Republican Sens. Katie Britt (Ala.) and Ted Cruz (Texas) — were shot down this week along party lines. … |
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| The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an effort by abortion opponents to limit access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used for a medication abortion. The case was brought by a group of anti-abortion doctors in Texas called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which formed in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision ending Roe v. Wade in 2022. The Court ruled that the anti-abortion doctors and associations … |
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Legislation to establish a national right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) was blocked by Senate Republicans on Thursday, amid a push by Democrats to put the GOP on defense over reproductive rights ahead of the November elections. The bill needed 60 votes in order to move forward, meaning nine Republicans would have needed to break ranks and vote with Democrats. The final vote was 48-47, with only two Republicans … |
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Local and state headlines on health care: |
- New York Medicaid benefits to change for thousands of people (Newsweek)
- House kills cannabis legalization after failed compromise with Senate (New Hampshire Bulletin)
- 24K Kansas children lose health insurance in Medicaid 'unwinding' review (Kansas Reflector)
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Health news we've flagged from other outlets: |
- 171,000 traveled for abortions last year. See where they went (New York Times)
- Here's what the Christian right wants from a second Trump term (Washington Post)
- In dribs and drabs, USDA reports suggest containing bird flu outbreak in dairy cows will be challenging (Stat)
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