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Since the Dobbs decision in June 2022 that overturned the federal right to abortion, access to abortion and abortifacient drugs has been a source of debate for physicians and legislators. As Healio previously reported, in April, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an unsigned order putting a hold on recent lower court rulings to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone. The stay will

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A 150-year-old law, the Comstock Act could effectively lead to a nationwide abortion ban: he Comstock Act could prevent mailing mifepristone.

A Minnesota doctor who helps procure mail-order medication abortions for South Dakota women said she plans to continue that practice even if the U.S. Supreme Court outlaws or limits the use of mifepristone, one of the pills used in the process.

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The 1873 Comstock Act makes it a crime to mail abortion drugs or medicine – raising legal questions about the law’s potential revival and influence over nationwide abortion laws.

The 1873 Comstock Act makes it a crime to mail abortion drugs or medicine – raising legal questions about the law’s potential revival and influence over nationwide abortion laws.

On April 10, 2023, President Biden signed a resolution to end the COVID‑19 national emergency (National Emergency) a month earlier than originally planned.

There are no abortion clinics in Edgewood. New Mexico just created a law proscribing local ordinances banning or curtailing abortion care.

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