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Kristian Carreon/CalMattersCalifornia has greatly expanded protections for abortion care since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. But enforcing the laws can be complicated, and some providers are confused about what鈥檚 required of them. -
Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMattersMedication abortion will remain widely available to Californians after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by anti-abortion groups and doctors to challenge the Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 approval of the drug.
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Oregon鈥檚 two Planned Parenthood affiliates both welcomed new CEOs recently. OPB "Think Out Loud鈥� host Dave Miller recently spoke to both about how the organization is responding to stricter abortion laws in other states. -
California bought and distributed a quarter of a million abortion pills, fearing a federal ban. At today鈥檚 Supreme Court hearing, the justices seemed hesitant to limit access. -
An LAist investigation has found that one year after California became the first state to require its public universities to provide the abortion pill to students, basic information on where or how students can obtain the medication is lacking and, often, nonexistent. -
Two dozen Democratic attorneys general from Oregon, California and across the country urged the U.S. Supreme Court to maintain current regulations on the abortion pill in a pending case. -
Several anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers are advertising 鈥榓bortion pill reversal鈥�. California Attorney General Rob Bonta calls the claims false advertising that mislead vulnerable patients. -
Gov. Tina Kotek announced the move Thursday, saying Oregon patients will have access to the abortion pill regardless of what the U.S. Supreme Court decides. -
The federal ruling Thursday reaffirms an initial order last week, which preserved access to a widely used abortion drug in Oregon, Washington and 16 other states -
A U.S. appeals court ruled Thursday in favor of continued, but restricted, access to a contested abortion pill as high-profile federal cases play out. When combined with another medication, the pill accounts for more than half of the abortions in the nation.
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California, Washington state, New York and Massachusetts are stockpiling misoprostol and mifepristone, both of which are used in abortion regimens. -
A federal court in Texas has ruled that the 23-year-old FDA approval of mifepristone should be overturned. But a federal court in Washington has ruled the FDA must continue to make the drug available in some states, including Oregon and Washington, but not California.. -
A ruling that suspends federal approval for medication abortion will not be easy for California abortion access advocates to overcome. Unless it鈥檚 reversed on appeal, the drug will likely be pulled from pharmacy shelves. -
Oregon鈥檚 senior U.S. senator and the state鈥檚 attorney general, both Democrats, say they will do everything possible to keep the abortion pill on the market.
