An unorthodox argument from anti-abortion advocates that abortion pills and the at-home abortion process pose a substantial environmental risk is gaining traction in state legislatures across the ...

Legislators in several states are introducing bills restricting abortion pills, citing concerns about water contamination. New legislation in Arizona, Idaho, Maine, West Virginia, and Wyoming ...

We take no position on the wisdom or folly of West Virginia’s abortion law," Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III wrote for the 2-1 ...

FIRST ON FOX: Bicameral lawmakers are highlighting the Biden administration's failure to adequately study the environmental impact of the abortion pill, particularly amid the rise in at-home ...

A nurse drops Mifepristone, the first pill in a medical abortion, into a patient's hand at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Ill., April 9, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Share 124 Comments Listen ...

Pills, a combination of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, can arrive in the mail, even in states where abortion is illegal. Medical personnel may be involved to some degree, but they need ...

What the SCOTUS abortion pills ruling means for the environment. By Pamela King | 06/13/2024 01:40 PM EDT . One justice said he is open to limiting a form of standing that helps environmental ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — On Tuesday, Louisiana will become the first state in the U.S. to categorize two widely used abortion pills as “controlled dangerous substances.” Opponents argue the ...

“You want the court to decide what drugs are safe and effective? Well, good luck to all of us," said Marc Scheineson, a health care lawyer at Alston & Bird and a former FDA associate commissioner.

And in states where abortion remains legal, the number of abortions—and the proportion involving abortion pills—also rose from 2020 to 2023, according to Guttmacher Institute data.

Abortion pills: A decision by a federal judge has revived the effort to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The first legal swipe at the drug failed at the Supreme Court in 2024.