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Abortion is Legal: So Why is Self-Abortion Care a Crime?
Last week, a 20-year-old woman in New York City was arrested on charges of “self-induced abortion” and faces first-degree misdemeanor charges. Initial news reports indicate that she intentionally caused the miscarriage/abortion of her 24-week fetus. The woman disposed of the fetus in what was probably the only way she could think of: wrapped in plastic bags and placed in the trash receptacle of her apartment building.
How the Ohio Court Decision on RU-486 Set Back the Clock on Fifteen Years of Medicine
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
June 2, 2011 - 3:28pm (Print)
A recent federal district court decision upholding a 2004 Ohio limiting the use and availability of RU-486 for early termination of pregnancy exacerbates the increasing intrusion of ideology into medical practice, and creates a different standard for off-label use of abortion drugs than for other commonly-used drugs.
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Medical Abortion in Britain and Ireland: Let’s Join the 21st Century!
by Marge Berer, Reproductive Health Matters
February 16, 2011 - 8:02am (Print)
The abortion pill potentially puts the control over abortion into women’s hands, and a lot of conservative men and women aren’t sure they like that.
NPR on Telemedicine Abortion Care: Rep. King's Witch-hunt
by Amie Newman
January 25, 2011 - 7:47pm (Print)
Rep. Steve King of Iowa is certain that Planned Parenthood is using federal money to fund it's telemedicine abortion care. He's trying to get an investigation started...but will anyone listen?
Thanks to Medication Abortion, An Increasing Share of Abortions Take Place By or Before Nine Weeks
by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check
September 27, 2010 - 1:36pm (Print)
Ten years ago tomorrow (September 28th, 2010) the United States Food and Drug Administration approved the use of mifepristone along with misoprostol for early term abortions. Data from the Centers for Disease Control show that while the incidence of abortion has remained steady, the share of those performed very early in pregnancy has increased.
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LifeSiteNews Lies to Women About Plan B and Abortion
by Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check
August 5, 2009 - 10:01am (Print)
This article, one of the worst examples of LifeSiteNews's consistent mischaracterization of EC, is truly negligent.
Roundup: Ridge Says Running Mate Should Defer to McCain on Choice
by Brady Swenson, RH Reality Check
August 19, 2008 - 11:35am (Print)
Missouri, Show Some Legislative Sanity
by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check
February 28, 2008 - 8:50am (Print)
There's a whole lot of inaccuracy wrapped up in the so-called pharmacy protection bill being considered in Missouri. The bill not only seeks to protect pharmacies from legal action resulting from the refusal to sell a drug they can't sell -- it also reclassifies emergency contraception as an abortifacient.
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RealTime: Pope and Reuters Need A Lesson
by Amie Newman
October 31, 2007 - 7:00am (Print)
Helped along by Reuters, the Pope delivers his error-riddled opinion on pharmacists, the abortion pill, and emergency contraception.
