Abortion Pill

Everything You Need to Know About Mifepristone, Medication Abortion Access, and the Case Working Its Way Through the Courts Right Now

By Kristen Batstone | Apr 26, 2023 | Comments Off on Everything You Need to Know About Mifepristone, Medication Abortion Access, and the Case Working Its Way Through the Courts Right Now

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Game-Changing Women’s Health Victories in Recent History

By Adele Costa | Mar 24, 2022 | Comments Off on Game-Changing Women’s Health Victories in Recent History

(And how the NWHN Helped Make Them Happen)

The NWHN’s statement on the FDA’s Announcement of the Review of Harmful Restriction on Medication Abortion

By NWHN Staff | May 8, 2021 | Comments Off on The NWHN’s statement on the FDA’s Announcement of the Review of Harmful Restriction on Medication Abortion

The following statement can be attributed to Cynthia A. Pearson, Executive Director of the National Women’s Health Network. Contact: Evita Almassi, ealmassi@nwhn.org or 425-749-1886 The FDA announced that it is reviewing its restrictions on mifepristone, a medication used for miscarriage…

The NWHN’s Statement on the FDA Lifting Unnecessary Restrictions on Medication Abortion

By NWHN Staff | Apr 13, 2021 | Comments Off on The NWHN’s Statement on the FDA Lifting Unnecessary Restrictions on Medication Abortion

Late last night, the FDA announced that, effective immediately, both medication abortion and miscarriage patients would be able to access mifepristone via delivery from their providers or through mail-order pharmacies. This tremendous victory will ensure that patients and providers are protected during the pandemic.

Safe, Online, Delivered: How to Get the Abortion Pill By Mail

By NWHN Staff | Mar 8, 2021 | Comments Off on Safe, Online, Delivered: How to Get the Abortion Pill By Mail

Safe and effective FDA-approved abortion pills (aka medication abortion) are now available by mail in several states — without an in-person clinic visit.

The NWHN’s statement on The Supreme Court’s Decision to Revive the Abortion Pill Restriction

By Cindy Pearson | Jan 13, 2021 | Comments Off on The NWHN’s statement on The Supreme Court’s Decision to Revive the Abortion Pill Restriction

Last night, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the U. S. Food and Drug Administration’s medically unjustified requirement that people travel to a certified facility simply to pick up abortion pills that they are then allowed to safely take at home.

The FDA tried to ignore you, so we took your names to the FDA!

By Sarah Christopherson | Sep 30, 2020 | Comments Off on The FDA tried to ignore you, so we took your names to the FDA!

On September 28 — the 20th anniversary of FDA’s approval of the abortion pill — we held a socially distanced protest in front of FDA headquarters and delivered the names of all 12,000+ of our petition signers.

The FDA Must Permit Pregnant People to Get the Abortion Pill Where They Have the Abortion — at Home!

By Evita Almassi | Apr 6, 2020 | Comments Off on The FDA Must Permit Pregnant People to Get the Abortion Pill Where They Have the Abortion — at Home!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Evita Almassi, ealmassi@nwhn.org 

Permanently Lift Restrictions on the Abortion Pill!

By NWHN Staff | Mar 31, 2020 | Comments Off on Permanently Lift Restrictions on the Abortion Pill!

We’re calling on the FDA to let pregnant people receive the abortion pill through the mail so that they can get the pill where they take the pill — at home!

How Medication Abortion Changes the Narrative of Self-Managed Abortions

By Tessa Ruff | Jan 29, 2019 | Comments Off on How Medication Abortion Changes the Narrative of Self-Managed Abortions

Writing for Jezebel last year, Dr. Meera Shah described just a few of the many reasons why pregnant people might prefer self-managed (or self-induced) abortion to an abortion performed in a clinic.