If Congress passes the funding levels proposed by the House, as many as 2 million eligible parents and children would be turned away from the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program.
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The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ignored 23 years of scientific evidence when it restricted access to Mifepristone.
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Although the 5th Circuit Court’s decision does not go as far as anti-abortion advocates might have hoped, it is still a grave threat to abortion access.
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Medication abortion is the method of safely and effectively inducing a miscarriage using FDA-approved abortion pills. Medication abortion can be used to end a pregnancy up to 10 weeks from the first day of your last period.
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The National Women’s Health Network applauds the Supreme Court for its decision to block the lower court’s ruling against Mifepristone, one of two medication abortion drugs, until the end of the legal proceedings.
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We are gravely concerned about this new nationwide barrier to abortion access.
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Writing for Jezebel last year, Dr. Meera Shah described just a few of the many reasons why pregnant people might prefer self-managed (or self-induced) abortion to an abortion performed in a clinic.
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Abortion with pills, also called medication abortion, is a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy by inducing miscarriage. When pregnant people visit the doctor for an abortion using pills, they are most often prescribed two different drugs, to be taken 1-2 days apart.
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