She was the paper's co-lead author. The research began at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when receiving abortion medication via telehealth and through the mail was novel, Godfrey said. Over the study span and beyond, "there was exponential growth" of ...

Taking abortion pills at home helps reduce stigma associated with pregnancy termination, according to recent findings. “It’s intuitive to understand that people are afraid of protesters outside of abortion clinics.

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will restore sweeping power to anti-abortion activists’ staunchest ally, who many in the movement once deemed “the most pro-life president” in the nation’s history.

“Basically, the farther the patients resided from an abortion facility, the more they were depending on the pills being mailed to them,” co-lead researcher Dr. Emily Godfrey, an OB/GYN and family doctor with the University of Washington, said in a news release.

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 when the U.

Explore how telehealth and mail services have become essential for abortion access in states with abortion restrictions.

Several other states already have similar laws, which are among the priorities for anti-abortion groups. Some blue states have laws intended to protect providers who use telehealth to prescribe ...

Texas has outlawed most abortions and forbids sending abortion medication through the mail. Still, thousands obtain abortion pills online – some coming from Delaware.

An increased public interest and support for medication abortion following the federal Supreme Court ruling, particularly among marginalized groups, suggests a shift towards more accessible and autonomous models of abortion care.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge in Texas says 3 other states can pursue their effort to stop telehealth abortion pill prescriptions nationwide.

Cecile Richards, a national leader for women's rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.