Page 34 - Beverly Gray News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Lucy Brown, a medical student at Indiana University, wanted to stay in Indiana for her OB-GYN residency, but when Roe v. Wade was overturned last June, her priorities shifted. States with abortion bans in place fell to the bottom of Brown's list. "I really, really wanted to stay in the Midwest. I wanted to be close to my family, but it kind of conflicted with my No. 1 priority," Brown told ABC News. Brown will soon be moving to Baltimore for her residency -- leaving behind her family and close friends for a city where she doesn't know anyone. An a...

Republican state lawmakers said Tuesday that they have reached a consensus after months of negotiations and will unveil a 12-week abortion ban, with exceptions, this week.

A federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday that mifepristone will retain its FDA approval and remain available but with more limitations on how the medication can be dispensed. For now, the ruling blocks the pill from being sent in the mail and shortens the length of time mifepristone can be used during pregnancy from 10 weeks to 7 weeks. The U.S. Justice Department said it will ask the Supreme Court for an emergency order to pause the ruling from taking effect thus continuing the legal battle over access to mifepristone

While the fate of the use of mifepristone for abortions remains uncertain, experts said, use of the drug misoprostol by itself is effective and safe, but not ideal.

Dr. Beverly Gray of Duke Health and Jolynn Dellinger of Duke Law and UNC Law discuss both the health and legal perils of the decision by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk. They include: Beware what you put in your fitness app.