Abortion pills are available online, and many of them are safe. But not all sites have been properly vetted for legitimacy.
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Three experts answer questions about the effectiveness, safety and side effects of medication abortion, using mifepristone followed by misoprostol.
During the pandemic, health care providers began prescribing abortion pills without requiring in-person exams. This practice could help people access the care they need when abortion rights are in limbo.
Pandemic-related travel restrictions and facility closures initially jeopardized access to abortions, but the pandemic has also become a catalyst for more accessible ways to deliver abortion care.
Telemedical abortions are safe and ensure access for all those who may need treatment.
English and Welsh governments are consulting the public about whether they should revoke temporary abortion rules.
Abortion has been a huge political issue in the US for the last 50 years. But the abortion debate is not new. It began at least a century before landmark abortions rights decision Roe v. Wade.
The medical abortion drug mifepristone has been available in Australian for the past 13 years but it’s still out of reach for many women who decide to terminate their pregnancy.
Some careful reasoning shows that comparing abortion with contract murder equates two acts that are far from obviously morally equivalent.
Abortion provision in the 21st century needs to be treated like any other medical procedure: without judgement
The Northern Irish party were horrified at the suggestion that Brexit might mean different customs rules. But when it comes to women’s rights, it’s a different story.
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Durham University
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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, James Cook University
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Lecturer in Ethics, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex
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Research Fellow, MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University
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PhD Candidate, University of Bristol
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Assistant Professor in Biolaw, Durham University
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Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, University of Liverpool
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PhD Candidate, Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, University of British Columbia
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
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Distinguished Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
