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Supreme Court asked to block ruling that threatens access to abortion pill mifepristone
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Supreme Court asked to block ruling that threatens access to abortion pill mifepristone

In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland.  Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The Justice Department and the abortion pill distributor Danco Laboratories on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block an order that threatens access to mifepristone. The U.S. 5th […]

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Key court ruling does not restrict abortion pill access in 17 states, Washington state AG says
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Key court ruling does not restrict abortion pill access in 17 states, Washington state AG says

Mifepristone (Mifeprex), one of the two drugs used in a medication abortion, is displayed at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 15, 2022. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty Images The abortion pill mifepristone will remain fully available in more than a dozen states […]

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New York and California are stockpiling alternative abortion pill misoprostol
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New York and California are stockpiling alternative abortion pill misoprostol

Pills of Misoprostol, used to terminate early pregnancies, are displayed in a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, May 12, 2022. George Frey | Reuters New York and California are stockpiling massive quantities of an alternative abortion medication in case a federal judge’s order suspending the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the main drug mifepristone goes […]

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States where abortion is authorized warn appeals court docket about Texas mifepristone ruling
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States where abortion is authorized warn appeals court docket about Texas mifepristone ruling

Matthew Kacsmaryk, deputy counsel for the Initially Liberty Institute, answers queries for the duration of his nomination listening to by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 13, 2017, in a even now impression from online video. Reuters Lawyers normal for approximately half of U.S. states in a new court […]

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DOJ asks judge to clarify legality of abortion pill mifepristone after dueling court rulings
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DOJ asks judge to clarify legality of abortion pill mifepristone after dueling court rulings

In this 2018 photo, mifepristone and misoprostol pills are provided at a Carafem clinic for medication abortions in Skokie, Illinois. Erin Hooley | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The Biden administration on Monday asked a federal judge to clarify how it should respond to his order to keep the abortion pill mifepristone on the […]

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DOJ asks appeals court to keep abortion pill mifepristone on market in case that may end up at Supreme Court
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DOJ asks appeals court to keep abortion pill mifepristone on market in case that may end up at Supreme Court

Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Women’s Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa, U.S., January 13, 2023.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The U.S. Justice Department on Monday asked a federal appeals court to keep the abortion pill mifepristone on the U.S. market as […]

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Pfizer RSV vaccine for older adults should be monitored for nervous system condition Guillain-Barre, scientists say
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Pfizer RSV vaccine for older adults should be monitored for nervous system condition Guillain-Barre, scientists say

A health worker prepares a flu vaccine shot before administering it to a local resident in Los Angeles, the United States, on Dec. 17, 2022. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images People who receive Pfizer‘s RSV vaccine for older adults should be monitored for Guillain-Barre syndrome, after two people developed the nervous system disorder after […]

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Idaho bans adults from helping minors cross state lines to get an abortion without parents’ consent
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Idaho bans adults from helping minors cross state lines to get an abortion without parents’ consent

Brad Little, Governor of Idaho speaks on the 2nd day of the CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) Washington, DC conference at Gaylord National Harbor Resort & Convention. Lev Radin | Lightrocket | Getty Images Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Wednesday signed a bill into law that bans adults from helping minors cross state lines to […]

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Check out stay: Biden speaks in Minnesota as Cummins announces  billion electrical power investment decision
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Check out stay: Biden speaks in Minnesota as Cummins announces $1 billion electrical power investment decision

(The stream is slated to begin at 3:25 p.m. ET. Make sure you refresh the web site if you do not see a movie over at that time.) President Joe Biden is in Fridley, Minn. on Monday touring a Cummins facility as the company announced it will devote $1 billion in building cleaner engines. Cummins […]

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Millions will start losing Medicaid coverage as Covid safety net is dismantled
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Millions will start losing Medicaid coverage as Covid safety net is dismantled

Hundreds of 1199SEIU health care workers staged a rally and sit to block 3rd avenue where some were arrested. They protested against health care cuts in Governor Kathy Hochuls budget on Medicare. Lev Radin | Lightrocket | Getty Images U.S. states on Saturday will start to kick as many as 15 million people off Medicaid […]

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