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May 15, 2023 | 10:20 AM

How Pennsylvania providers will pivot if an abortion drug gets banned

By Sarah Boden/WESA
April 9, 2023 | 7:07 AM

Access to a key abortion drug is in legal limbo. Here’s how medication abortion works

Nothing has changed yet, as the Texas ruling hasn’t taken effect, and it’s unclear which states would be covered by that ruling.

By Laurel Wamsley and Kaitlyn Radde/NPR
March 18, 2023 | 7:23 AM

Wyoming’s governor has signed a law prohibiting abortion pills

The pills are already banned in 13 states with blanket bans on all forms of abortion

By The Associated Press

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March 1, 2023 | 12:04 PM

Anti-abortion allies change tactics after post-Roe defeats

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press
February 25, 2023 | 10:22 AM

Democratic state attorneys general sue Biden administration over abortion pill rules

Mifepristone was approved more than 20 years ago to induce first-trimester abortions in combination with a second drug, misoprostol

By Sarah McCammon/NPR
February 21, 2023 | 9:20 AM

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro joins with Democratic governors to form alliance on abortion rights

By Bill Barrow and Geoff Mulvihill/ The Associated Press
November 23, 2022 | 1:02 PM

After midterms, states like Pennsylvania, weighing abortion protections, bans

In Pennsylvania, pickups for Democrats mean they can likely stop Republicans from adding anti-abortion language to the state constitution.

By Amy Forliti and Geoff Mulvihill/ The Associated Press
November 20, 2022 | 9:11 AM

Despite dangerous pregnancy complications, abortions denied

Pregnant women with dangerous medical conditions are showing up in hospitals and doctors’ offices and being denied the abortions that could help treat them.

By Laura Unger and Heather Hollingsworth/The Associated Press
November 11, 2022 | 5:56 PM

What the results of Pa. statehouse races could mean for abortion rights

By Gabriela Martínez
November 11, 2022 | 12:52 PM

In election, support for abortion rights was about much more

Support for abortion rights drove women to the polls in Tuesday’s elections.

By Jocelyn Gecker and Nuha Dolby/The Associated Press
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