Abortion Pills
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US Supreme Court unanimously rejects bid to restrict access to widely-used abortion poll
World | Jun 14, 2024, 02:46 PM ISTThe pro-life plaintiffs sought a restriction on the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been banned from use in 14 states since the overturning of the 1973 Roe v Wade precedent. The Supreme Court ruling is a brief victory for Joe Biden's administration, but future lawsuits are likely to follow.
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US okays 1st over-the-counter birth control pill; Now get contraceptive pill as easily eyedrops
World | Jul 14, 2023, 12:04 AM ISTHormone-based pills have long been the most common form of birth control in the U.S., used by tens of millions of women since the 1960s. Until now, all of them required a prescription.
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US Supreme Court protects access to widely used abortion pill
World | Apr 22, 2023, 11:04 AM ISTThe justices granted emergency requests from the Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, maker of the drug Mifepristone.
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Abortion pill ruling: US supreme court temporarily blocks ruling limiting feticide pill access
World | Apr 15, 2023, 06:41 AM ISTThe court finds itself immersed in a new fight involving abortion less than a year after conservative justices reversed Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.
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US judges issue conflicting rulings on abortion pill; here's President Biden’s reaction
World | Apr 08, 2023, 01:34 PM ISTMifepristone, which was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000, has been used by millions of women over the past 23 years.
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Instagram, Facebook remove posts offering abortion pills following overturn of Roe vs Wade
World | Jun 28, 2022, 09:58 AM ISTSome posts even offered to mail the prescriptions to women living in states that now ban the procedure. Almost immediately, Facebook and Instagram began removing some of these posts.
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Shocking: 8-month pregnant woman given abortion pills in Jammu
India | Jul 29, 2014, 07:10 AM ISTJammu: In a shocking case of alleged medical negligence in Jammu, a leading hospital ‘accidentally' gave abortion pills to an 8-month pregnant woman. A doctor and two para-medics have been arrested in the same case.The