The Supreme Court is weighing in on mailing abortion pills. For now, the pills are still available.
Here is the latest on what you need to know about mifepristone’s availability and what to expect next.
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Shefali Luthra
Reproductive Health Reporter (She/Her)
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Court temporarily blocks nationwide access to abortion pills prescribed through telehealth
Telehealth has become a key option for people living in states with abortion bans. If upheld, the ruling could upend how abortions are provided in the United States.
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Sleepless nights, diapers and GLP-1s: More people are turning to weight loss drugs after having babies
For some, the weight loss medications offer a way to feel like themselves again. But others said the drugs’ availability feeds into a pressure to “bounce back” soon after giving birth.
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DOJ report said the Biden administration unfairly targeted anti-abortion activists
A report defends Trump’s mass pardoning of 23 people who were convicted under the Biden administration for violating the FACE Act, saying it was anti-Christian bias.
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Trapped and alone: Fear of ICE is deepening postpartum isolation for immigrant mothers
Doctors say newly postpartum people need medical care, sleep and the ability to rely on friends and family for help. Immigration crackdowns have made that support impossible.
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The women leading the farmworker movement won’t let it be defined by Cesar Chavez
The sexual abuse allegations against Chavez have rocked them. But their focus is still on protecting other women.
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ICE has been deporting pregnant and postpartum immigrants. Now we know how many.
The numbers offer the most detailed look at how many pregnant, postpartum and nursing people have been caught up in the immigration enforcement surge, despite federal policy discouraging the practice.
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Detained pregnant people are entitled to full medical care. They say it’s not happening.
Through interviews and a new report, a clearer picture of what is happening with prenatal care in immigration facilities is emerging as allegations are piling up.
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The snip shift: March Madness used to drive vasectomies. Now abortion bans do.
Once marketed as an excuse to watch basketball, vasectomies are now a way men say they can support their partners after the fall of Roe v. Wade.
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Abortion bans reshaped reproductive health, and now the rental market
New research found that abortion bans resulted in lower rental prices and higher vacancies, another sign that these laws are reshaping who chooses to live under reproductive health restrictions.