This story was updated June 13. This year has brought an unprecedented wave of new state laws that only allow abortions to be performed early in pregnancy — if at all. Most of the new laws — known as early abortion bans — explicitly outlaw abortion when performed after a certain point early in the pregnancy. The laws vary, with some forbidding abortion after six weeks of pregnancy, and some after eight weeks. Alabama's law is the most extreme: It aims to outlaw abortion at any point, excep...
Most scholars say that at the nation's founding ending a pregnancy wasn’t illegal—or even controversial. Here’s a look at the complex early history of abortion in the United States.
This cohort study of recorded infant deaths examines infant mortality after the passage of the 2021 ban on early abortions in Texas.
Objectives: ; Identify the clinical findings typically found in the various stages of early pregnancy loss. ; Identify the essential steps to diagnose early pregnancy loss. ; Select the most appropriate management options based on the clinical situation and patient preferences.
December 5, 2019 · 5:02 PM ET · By Mara Gordon ; A study designed to test the effectiveness of a controversial practice known as "abortion pill reversal" has been stopped early because of safety concerns. Researchers from the University of California, Davis, were investigating claims that the hormone progesterone can stop a medication-based abortion after a patient has completed the first part of the two-step process. For the study, the researchers aimed to enroll 40 women who were scheduled...
Provisions for at home early medical abortions to be made permanent from 30 August 2022.
Medication abortion, with a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol, is highly effective and safe. However, there is insufficient evidence on efficacy and safety at very early gestations before...
Women in England will be allowed to take the second of 2 early medical abortion pills in their own home.
The House of Representatives's approval last week of a bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks brings into sharp focus the issue of early access to abortion. Abortion rights supporters say...
nonsurgical abortion option. Though the pill will not be stocked in pharmacies, it is... That drug forces the early embryo and the lining from the womb. Two weeks after her initial doctor...