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Supreme Court allows mail-order abortion drugs

(The Center Square) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that women can continue to access abortion drugs through the mail without making an in-person doctor's visit, while a lawsuit continues against the practice. Justices on the high court graned two emergency requests from Danco Laboratories

In rural Appalachia, abortion pill offers reproductive choice and privacy − but police may see a crime

In rural Appalachia, abortion pill offers reproductive choice and privacy − but police may see a crime

A 35-year-old Kentucky woman was arrested in late 2025, accused of taking abortion pills that she ordered online. The gestational age and status of the pregnancy is unknown. But Kentucky, like the majority of Southern states that contain Appalachian counties, has a complete abortion ban. Mifepristone is a

US Supreme Court temporarily restores mail access to abortion pill

US Supreme Court temporarily restores mail access to abortion pill

The US Supreme Court on Monday temporarily lifted a lower court's ban on mail delivery of the widely used abortion drug mifepristone. The top court's order restores mail access to mifepristone, which is used in the majority of abortions in the United States, until at least

U.S. Supreme Court temporarily allows mail-order abortion pills

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court will temporarily allow women to obtain abortion pills through the mail, without visiting an in-person doctor. Justices on the court blocked a ruling out of Louisiana that would have restricted a woman's ability to access a pill through the

US appeals court temporarily halts mail delivery of abortion pill

US appeals court temporarily halts mail delivery of abortion pill

A US appeals court on Friday temporarily halted mail delivery of mifepristone, the medication used in the majority of abortions in the United States, although a company distributing the drug said it would appeal the ruling in the Supreme Court. A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit Court of

Teens are driving the demand for online abortion pills via telehealth – new research

Teens are driving the demand for online abortion pills via telehealth – new research

Teens in the U.S. are obtaining medication abortion pills through telehealth, and young people age 18 to 24 are ordering medication abortion at much higher rates than older adults. Those are the key findings of a new study that my colleagues and I published in the journal JAMA Health

Abortion laws show that public policy doesn’t always line up with public opinion

Abortion laws show that public policy doesn’t always line up with public opinion

Representational government rests on a simple idea: that the laws the nation lives under generally reflect what the public wants. In the United States, few issues test that idea more than abortion. In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the