Action sent a letter Friday to GOP officials urging them to question President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees about their stance on late-term abortion and to investigate the safety of the abortion pill.
The Republican-led states of Idaho, Missouri and Kansas can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone
A federal judge in Texas ruled that three states can challenge the current rules of accessibility for abortion pills.
President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will restore sweeping power to anti- abortion activists’ staunchest ally, who many in the movement once deemed “the most pro-life president” in the nation’s history.
New Jersey already has some of the strongest abortion rights in the United States, but advocates, healthcare providers, and even Gov. Phil Murphy himself are calling for reinforcements ahead of the next presidency.
Washington State’s program is the first, but other states are expected to try allowing pharmacists to prescribe the pills to counter growing efforts to curtail abortion access.
Abortions done via medication, also called chemical abortions, currently account for about half of the abortions that are done in the United States every year.
A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.
Three states filed a lengthy complaint Thursday in Amarillo federal court reviving the dormant lawsuit challenging looser restrictions on the use of an abortion drug.
Trump-appointed Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled Thursday that Idaho, Kansas, and Missouri can pursue legal action to prohibit the FDA from allowing online prescriptions.