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Opinion: How the Biden administration should stand up for abortion rights
Herminia Palacio, MD, is president and chief executive of the Guttmacher Institute. Daniel Grossman, MD, is the director of Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) at UC San Francisco. As physicians and researchers with…
A Profile of Self-Managed Abortion
Recent developments have made it increasingly difficult for many women to access abortion services in the United States. “Abortion deserts” — cities where people have to travel 100 miles or more to reach an abortion…
Telemedicine Is Revolutionizing Abortion Health Care—in Ways Likely To Persist Long Past COVID
This post originally appeared in the Hampshire Gazette. It has been republished with permission. The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming many aspects of our lives, and abortion is no exception. Telemedicine is expanding access to abortion health…
The Supreme Court Doesn’t Hold All the Power When It Comes to Abortion Rights. Here Are 2 Things the Biden Administration Can Do to Extend Access
All eyes are on new appointments to President-elect Joe Biden’s Administration, with great speculation about which policies those appointees will change first. In particular, reproductive-rights supporters wonder what protection the Biden Administration can provide for…
Guest Commentary: Speak out against burdensome restrictions on abortion medication or get ready for limits on other technologies
Unneeded, unscientific restrictions around access to abortion medication remain in place, perpetuating a two decade-long intrusion of politics where it does not belong. The incoming Biden-Harris Administration now has an opportunity to fix that. The…
Judge refuses to reinstate rule for dispensing abortion pill
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal judge in Maryland has denied the Trump administration’s request to reinstate a rule that would require women to visit a hospital, clinic or medical office to obtain an…
