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Abortion pill website crashes after Trump election win as Americans rush to stockpile medication

‘We will continue working, we will do what we do, nothing will stop us. Abortion is the most important form of healthcare for women,’ Dr Rebecca Gomperts says

The Independent UK

More than 5,000 requests for abortion pills made in 12 hours after Trump’s win as Americans stockpile

Voters in seven states chose to protect abortion rights this Election Day

The Independent UK

Americans stockpile abortion pills and hormones ahead of ‘reproductive apocalypse’ under Trump

Healthcare providers report unprecedented demand for reproductive and gender-affirming medications: ‘We’ve never seen this before’

The Guardian - US

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Clashing convictions mark protests as US supreme court weighs abortion pill

Hearing on mifepristone most consequential abortion-related case since overturning of Roe v Wade nearly two years ago

The Guardian - US

More Americans are stockpiling abortion pills without pregnancy – study

From September 2021 to April 2023, Aid Access tracked roughly 48,400 advance provision requests for mifepristone

The Guardian - US

Threats to abortion access drive demand for abortion pills, analysis suggests

Requests for abortion pills from people who were not yet pregnant spiked when patients appeared to perceive threats to abortion access, new research has found.

WEKU

Group using ‘shield laws’ to provide abortion care in states that ban it

Aid Access ships medication abortion to all 50 states under the protection provided to clinicians serving patients in banned states

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The Path to a Safe Abortion Gets Narrower—Again

Women getting help for reproductive care out of state are under siege.

Texas Observer

Abortion providers scramble as courts restrict pills

Doctors, clinics and telehealth providers across the country are scrambling to figure out how they will continue to provide the most common type of abortion after a federal appeals court imposed new restrictions on a key abortion medication

The Independent UK

Where abortion is illegal, this doctor finds a way. Now that includes the US

AMSTERDAM — It was nearly three decades ago, as a young medical trainee in West Africa, that Rebecca Gomperts witnessed scenes that would set in motion her life's work. Gruesome hemorrhages, perforated wombs, bloodied young women gasping out their lives: all the aftermath of botched illegal abortions.

Los Angeles Times

‘It’s a war’: the doctor who wants Americans to get abortion pills before it’s too late

Rebecca Gomperts has found innovative ways to circumvent abortion restrictions worldwide – and a US ruling could make her work even more urgent

The Guardian - US

Abortion pills to become next battleground in US reproductive fight

Washington (AFP) - As conservative US states rush to enact abortion bans following the Supreme Court's bombshell decision, the fight over reproductive rights in America is poised to shift to a new battleground: abortion-inducing pills.

AFP

How to support abortion access in a post-Roe America

From stocking up on abortion pills to donating to abortion funds, rights advocates share ways to support reproductive autonomy

The Guardian - US

Dutch doctor says group will keep sending abortion pills to US women

Washington (AFP) - Rebecca Gomperts, a 55-year-old Dutch physician, has spent years fighting for women's access to abortion around the world.

AFP

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Georgians on abortion front line adjust to prospect of Roe's defeat

ATLANTA — About a month ago, as speculation grew that the U.S. Supreme Court was preparing to overturn the landmark decision that made abortion legal throughout the country, Planned Parenthood's Southeastern office quietly created a new position.

Salon

New state laws restrict abortion pills

Doctors abilities to consult patients on abortions is being further restricted by new legislation

Tribune News Service

Doctors trying to prescribe abortion pills across state lines stymied by legislation

Soon after Dr. Mai Fleming finished her medical residency in the San Francisco Bay Area, she got to work on her Texas medical license. The family medicine doctor had no intention of moving there but invested nine months to master Texas medical law, submit to background checks, get fingerprinted and…

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