Statehouse Report 24.20: Earmarks, Abortion, Film - Statehouse

Statehouse Report 24.20: Earmarks, abortion, film - Statehouse

Statehouse Report issue 24.20 includes an analysis of earmarks, a story on abortion and a column on a new film by Ken Burns. The post Statehouse Report 24.20: Earmarks, abortion, film appeared first on Charleston City Paper.

Feds agree to review mifepristone safety based on anti-abortion research

Demonstrators gathered in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as justices heard arguments in March 2024 about medication abortion, the most common method in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images).The Trump administration has agreed to review the safety and efficacy of abortion pills, based on white papers funded by far-right organizations, which reproductive health experts say are unscientific and contradict dec…

HHS chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. orders ‘complete review’ of abortion pill

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the regulation and labeling of the abortion pill mifepristone following new evidence of safety concerns.

HHS agrees to review mifepristone safety based on anti-abortion white papers

Demonstrators gathered in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as justices heard arguments in March 2024 about medication abortion, the most common method in 2023, according to the Guttmacher Institute. (Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)The Trump administration has agreed to review the safety and efficacy of abortion pills, based on white papers funded by far-right organizations, which reproductive health experts say are unscientific and contra…

FDA Review of Abortion Pill Signals First Step Toward Nationwide Ban

In a stunning move that could mark the first step toward a nationwide ban on abortion pills, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has ordered the FDA to reevaluate its decades-old approval of mifepristone—a medication used safely by over 7.5 million Americans over the last quarter-century for abortion and treatment of miscarriages. The directive, based on a single junk-science report from an antiabortion group, signals a dan…

HHS Secretary RFK, Jr. Orders FDA to Review Abortion Pill as New Report Exposes Shocking Risks

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has ordered a review of the abortion pill mifepristone.