F.D.A. Approves a New Generic Abortion Pill

The decision enraged opponents of abortion, who have been pressuring the administration to restrict access to abortion medication.

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California Passes Bill Allowing Omission of Patients’ Names From Abortion Pill Bottles

The intent is to protect health care providers who send the pills to patients in states with abortion bans, and to reassure patients who fear they could be identified.

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States Face Off Ferociously Over Abortion Shield Laws

A looming constitutional battle between Texas and New York is the leading edge of the escalating states’ rights fight over the prescribing and mailing of abortion pills to patients in states with bans.

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Texas Senate Passes Bill to Crack Down on Mail-Order Abortion Pills

Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the legislation, which allows nearly anyone to sue abortion medication providers and distributors.

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Texas House Advances Anti-Abortion Bill

Legislation aimed at curtailing mail-order abortions in Texas cleared a decisive hurdle, part of a broader push by abortion opponents to limit the procedure even in states where it is legal.

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Woman Claims Marine Laced Her Drink With Abortion Pills

A Texas woman said in a lawsuit that a U.S. Marine got her pregnant and then, after she chose to keep the pregnancy, dissolved abortion pills in her hot chocolate.

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Texas Legislature Special Session Will Answer Questions About Redistricting, Floods

A special session of the Texas Legislature will address the deadly floods in Hill Country, but the fireworks will come from President Trump’s demand for a newly gerrymandered House map.

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A Day With One Abortion Pill Prescriber

A nurse practitioner spoke on the phone with patients in states with abortion bans, assessed their medical eligibility and sent pills. She took some unconventional steps to protect their privacy.

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Four States Ask F.D.A. to Lift Special Restrictions on Abortion Pill

The states consider it a move to force the F.D.A. to review and acknowledge extensive research showing the pill’s safety.

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Étienne-Émile Baulieu, Father of the Abortion Pill, Is Dead at 98

He became an advocate of a woman’s right to choose and once said, “It is always tragic when politics takes the most vulnerable hostage — in this case, women.”

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