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Keeping Score: Michelle Yeoh Is First Asian to Win Best Actress Oscar; Progress on Male Birth Control; Parenthood Harms Mothers’ Earnings But Benefits Fathers
“We applaud the exclusion of the Hyde Amendment and ban for D.C. residents, but the fact that other coverage bans that impact federal employees, people in federal detention, and Peace Corps volunteers still remain is…
Biden’s budget again excludes the Hyde Amendment. In a post-Dobbs world, does it matter?
“In a post-Dobbs landscape, it has never been more important for the President and all of our elected officials to take bold action on this issue. And the American people are paying closer attention than…
FDA Allows Pharmacies to Sell Abortion Pills—But Requires Unnecessary and Burdensome Certification Process
On Jan. 3, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new certification process for brick-and-mortar pharmacies to become eligible to sell the abortion pill mifepristone for the first time. Reproductive rights advocates celebrated…
Major Pharmacies Can Now Offer Abortion Pills—Here’s What You Should Know
Retail pharmacies, like CVS and Walgreens, will be allowed to fill prescriptions for mifepristone—the first of two pills used for a medical or medication abortion—for the first time in the United States, according to a…
Advocacy groups brace for looming decision that could end abortion pill access
Doctors and reproductive rights advocates are bracing for a decision in a court case that, if successful, could end legal access to abortion pills nationwide. Abortion pills have become one of the next major fronts…
Abortion Rights Supporters See Biden Address as Missed Opportunity
“We really wanted to hear what the administration is prepared to do for the current reality of abortion access and the continued threats that exist across the country.” –Morgan Hopkins, president of All* Above All
