Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill accessibility

Source: NPR The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge to the FDA’s rules for prescribing and dispensing abortion pills. By a unanimous vote, the court said the anti-abortion doctors who brought the challenge had failed to show they had been harmed, as they do not prescribe the medication, and thus, essentially, had no […]

Florida’s abortion amendment has enough signatures to make the ballot

Source: MSNBC The proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution must get past the Florida Supreme Court, which will soon hear oral arguments in a challenge from the state’s attorney general. Abortion rights activists in Florida have collected enough signatures for a ballot initiative that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution, potentially setting […]

Abortion rates fell slightly in 2020, with most done at or before 9 weeks, says CDC

Source: CNN Both the number and rate of abortions reported in the US fell 2% from 2019 to 2020, according to new data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC requests abortion data each year from all 50 states and other jurisdictions, including the District of Columbia and New York City, […]