Medication abortion was used for more than half of all abortions in the United States in 2020. Yale Medicine answers common questions about the medications.| Yale Medicine
Drawing on 2017 evidence for 24 high-income countries, Guttmacher researchers found that medication abortion (typically mifepristone and misoprostol together) accounted for at least half of all abortions in the majority of high-income countries. In Finland, Sweden and Norway, medication abortion accounted for about nine out of every 10 abortions. The study also found that the proportion of abortions using medication increased steadily over time in the 11 countries that had trend data. A 2021...| Guttmacher Institute
Some sites selling abortion pills use technology that shares information with third parties like Google. Law enforcement can potentially use this data to prosecute people who end their pregnancies with medication.| ProPublica
President Joe Biden, who has pinned his hopes of reelection on the abortion debate, hailed the news.| Business Insider
Updated on May 26, 2022 This analysis has been updated throughout to reflect counts of state legislation as of May 25. Previous updates since first publication are archived below. Notable changes since the last update include: Oklahoma’s governor signed into law a total ban on abortion starting at fertilization with a "bounty hunter" enforcement mechanism that went into effect immediately. This makes Oklahoma the first state to completely ban abortion since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.| Guttmacher Institute
The first step, activists say, is educating providers and patients about the safety and legality of medication abortion| TIME
As the Supreme Court and state legislatures move to restrict surgical abortion, women are increasingly turning to the abortion pill.| TIME
Corrected April 2, 2024. See notes below.| Guttmacher Institute
This brief details the federal programs that are affected by the Hyde Amendment and laws and regulations that have a similar goal, provides estimates on the share of women insured by Medicaid affected by the law, reviews the impact of the law on their access to abortion services, and discusses the potential effect if the law were to be repealed.| KFF
One of the Court’s most significant decisions of 2024 was Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. In a reversal of 40 years of precedent, courts—not agencies—will have the last word on interpreting| Ms. Magazine
In 2023, the first full year since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, state legislatures took key action on sexual and reproductive health. While many states increased access and piloted new policy solutions to expand and protect abortion and other sexual and reproductive health care, others sought to further curtail access.| Guttmacher Institute