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People covered by Medicaid insurance may not have easy access to some of the most effective, longer-acting birth control methods, new research claims.
Investigators found that while about 48% of physicians who treat Medicaid patients provided prescription contraception like the birth control pill, only 10% offered longer-acting methods like IUDs and implants. Birth control is considered a...
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- March 20, 2023
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MONDAY, March 6, 2023 (HealthDay News) – After receiving a warning letter from Republican attorneys general in 20 states, Walgreens said it does not plan to distribute abortion pills in those states – even in the ones where abortion is still legal.
The
TUESDAY, Feb. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Whether women will continue to be able to get a medication abortion using the drug mifepristone in the United States hinges on the impending ruling of a federal judge in Texas.
The case will soon be decided by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was ...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- February 28, 2023
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While you can't trust everything you read or see on social media, some information is reliable.
Researchers from Duke University studied popular videos on the social media site TikTok. The videos offered information on ways to obtain a medication abortion.
These were typically informative and useful, the study authors said.
“When we started the study, we expected to find mor...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- February 3, 2023
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Changes in U.S. abortion laws have prompted confusion among women about medication abortion and emergency contraception, or the “morning-after” pill.
A new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) underscores this lack of awareness about what’s legal or not from state to state, including whether a full abortion ban is in place or abortions are allowed.
Pollsters surveyed a ...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- February 1, 2023
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In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022, access to surgical abortion became increasingly restricted in several states, pushing many women to pursue medication abortions.
But the case of a 22-year-old who took mifepristone and misoprostol -- bought on the internet to end a pregnancy -- serves as a cautionary tale.
She was about six week...
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
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- January 19, 2023
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Two major pharmacy chains, CVS and Walgreens, plan to offer abortion pills in states that do not have restrictions that would prevent dispensing the medications.
This likely won’t increase access in states that have made abortion illegal since a June decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling.
The move by the pharmacy chains comes in response t...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- January 6, 2023
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When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling last June, many feared that abortion bans would jeopardize the health of pregnant women.
Several months later, a conservative group known as the Alliance Defending Freedom sue...
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
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- January 5, 2023
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Jasmine Quezada, a Los Angeles tax accountant, says she has known since age 10 she never wanted to be a mother.
“I never thought parenthood was for me and that was no secret to my family or my friends,” Quezada, 31, said. “When I was dating my husband, we often discussed my choice to remain child-free. I had an aversion to hormonal birth control and serious side effects when I tried...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- January 5, 2023
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For many years, Plan B One-Step and it generic equivalents — collectively known as “morning after” pills to prevent a pregnancy -- included information in packaging that suggested that the pill might work by interrupting the implantation of a fertilized egg into the womb.
There was, however, no scientific evidence that that was the case, experts have long contended.
With the ...
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- December 23, 2022
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Pharmacists can now. prescribe hormonal contraceptives in 20 U.S. states, plus Washington, D.C., giving women easier access to birth control, a new report says.
Another 10 states have legislation in the works, according to research presented Monday at a meeting of the American Society for Health-System Pharmacists, in Las Vegas.
Having easy access to birth control has been a hot top...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- December 6, 2022
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U.S. voters spoke up for abortion rights Tuesday through ballot measures in four states in what was seen as a win for abortion rights supporters.
In Michigan, California and Vermont, voters approved measures that would amend their state constitutions to protect abortion, about four months after the U.S. Supreme Court removed the constitutional right to the procedure, the New York Time...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- November 9, 2022
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When preteen children or very young teenagers become pregnant, they face higher rates of complications and a greater risk of winding up in the intensive care unit than older teens do, a new study finds.
The question about what happens when a young girl goes through pregnancy and delivery takes on more relevance after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June and subsequent abo...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- November 4, 2022
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A new analysis illustrates the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade: In numerous states, women now have no choice but to travel long distances to get an abortion.
One-third of American women of reproductive age must now drive excessive distances, the researchers reported. Twice as many women must now travel more than an hour to get abortion care. And some ar...
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- November 1, 2022
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Even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer, many states had already moved to limit abortion access by defunding family planning health centers.
Unfortunately, these very same clinics offer a broad range of essential primary care services beyond abortion, including access t...
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
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- October 17, 2022
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Birth control pills that contain both estrogen and progestin do not contribute to growth of enlarged breasts in teens and young women, a new study finds, and may actually be associated with developing less severe breast enlargement.
Moreover, the combination pills don't increase the risk of regrowth after breast-reduction surgery, said researcher Dr. Brian Labow and colleagues. Labow is w...
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- October 3, 2022
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Using only mouse stem cells, British researchers report they have created synthetic embryos that form a brain, a beating heart and other organs.
The stem cells organized themselves until they developed beating hearts and the foundations of the brain and yolk sacs where the embryo...
- By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
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- August 26, 2022
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President Joe Biden was poised to sign a new executive order on Wednesday that would make it easier for women to travel to another state to get an abortion.
This ...
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- August 3, 2022
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A Minnesota jury is expected to decide by the end of this week whether a woman's human rights were violated when a pharmacist denied her request to fill a prescription for emergency contraception, sometimes called the morning-after pill.
Though the case dates back to 2019, the issue is ...
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- August 2, 2022
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Better have some savings stored up before you rush to the delivery room: A new analysis shows the average out-of-pocket expense for delivering a child in the United States is nearly $3,000, even if you're insured.
Other studies have looked at the costs for specific services, such as Cesarean sections versus vagina...
- Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter
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- July 21, 2022
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In light of the Supreme Court's recent ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, many ob/gyns around the country are welcoming a change that allows them to continue taking accreditation exams virtually.
The tests, typically hosted in Texas, had been held virtually during the pandemic but there had been plans ...
- By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling HealthDay Reporter
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- July 19, 2022
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Pharmacies must fill prescriptions for medications that could potentially end a pregnancy, the Biden administration said Wednesday.
The U.S. Health and Human Services Department Office for Civil Rights sent guidance to more than 60,000 U.S. pharmacies, reminding them that pregnancy discrimination...
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- July 14, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows states to ban abortion isn't expected to have an immediate effect on in vitro fertilization, according to an analysis by the nation's leading reproductive health society.
However, the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade opens up a host of knotty moral and ethical questions regarding the storage and disposal of unused embryos, leaving fertility doctor...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- July 13, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will limit cancer treatment options for pregnant women and put lives needlessly at risk, America's leading cancer societies warn.
About one in every 1,000 women who are pregnant will wind up being diagnosed wi...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- July 12, 2022
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Citing federal law, the Biden Administration on Monday said that if a pregnant woman's life is in danger, hospitals must provide her with care, including abortion services.
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) applies to providers in all states, U.S. health officials said, inclu...
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- July 12, 2022
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Under growing pressure from his own party, President Joe Biden on Friday issued an executive order designed to help protect women's access to abortion.
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court ended nationwide access to abortion, guaranteed for nearly 50 years under the Roe v. Wade...
- By Ernie Mundell and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
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- July 8, 2022
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Under growing pressure from his own party, President Joe Biden on Friday plans to use the power of the White House to protect a woman's access to abortion, three sources familiar the matter told the Associated Press.
Two weeks ago, the Supreme Court ended almost 50 years of nationwide acces...
- By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
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- July 8, 2022
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If a national abortion ban follows a Supreme Court ruling overturning the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision, U.S. maternal deaths would likely increase by 24%, new research suggests.
That assessment, based on newly released 2020 data, is a 14% increase over an earlier estimate based on 2017 d...
- By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
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- July 1, 2022
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Shortly after news broke in May that Roe v. Wade was in danger of being overturned by the Supreme Court, internet searches for abortion pills surged, a new study shows.
On May 2, a leaked draft ruling indicated that the court was poised to strike down the 1973 ruling that guaranteed a woman's...
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
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- June 29, 2022
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CVS and Rite Aid are limiting purchases of morning-after pills in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
To avoid a shortage, CVS is temporarily restricting purchases of the
Facebook and Instagram have started taking down posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to get them after the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade.
These posts told women how to get
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade and the resulting media coverage is likely causing anxiety for many people, including children.
On Friday, the high court's ruling on Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization ostensibly kicked decisions about restricting or banning...
- Denise Mann HealthDay Reporter
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- June 28, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn a woman's right to have an abortion marks a "very dark day in health care" that will leave patients at risk and doctors afraid to act, leaders of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) said Friday.
"It is a dark day indeed for t...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 27, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on Friday that overturns the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision guaranteeing a woman's right to abortion.
"The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion... and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives," the high court said in its opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.<...
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- June 24, 2022
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There was a significant rise in both the number and rate of abortions in the United States between 2017 and 2020, the Guttmacher Institute reported Wednesday.
The research group, which supports the right to abortion,
Even with Roe v. Wade still the law of the land, primary care doctors in the United States have difficulty prescribing U.S. federally approved abortion pills, a new study finds.
Getting in the way is a complex combination of state and federal regulations, insufficient training and institutional hurdles, researchers found when they surveyed dozens of doctors.
"As family physicians pr...
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
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- May 25, 2022
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Women are more apt to use birth control when doctors treat it like a routine preventive health service, a new research review shows.
The analysis of 38 past studies found that women were more likely to use contraception when doctors were proactive about counseling them on the options, and in many cases providin...
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
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- May 24, 2022
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Tens of millions of American women will have to journey much farther for abortion care if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade as expected, researchers say.
Dozens of states would make abortion illegal in the wake of such a ruling, which would force about 24 million women to travel at least 150 miles more than they do now to obtain abortion care.
"There are already huge disp...
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
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- May 17, 2022
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"I do not believe that the overturning of Roe v. Wade is where any of this will end."
So warns Rachel Fey, vice president of policy and strategic partnerships for Power to Decide, a contraception advocacy group dedicated to reducing the risk for unplanned pregnancies.
Elisa Wells, co-director of Plan C, an organization focused on ensuring access to at-home abortion pills, agreed
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- May 16, 2022
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Long-distance travel will likely prove a nearly insurmountable barrier to some women seeking abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned as expected, a new study concludes.
Women who need an abortion are more than twice as likely to delay the procedure or decide to continue their pregnancy if they live 50 or more miles from a clinic, compared with women who live within 5 miles of a clinic,
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
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- May 16, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court is on the verge of striking down the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, a leaked draft opinion shows.
In the draft opinion, a majority of the court voted to overturn the 1973 decision that granted abortion rights to all American women.
"It is time to heed the Constituti...
- By Robert Preidt and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters
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- May 3, 2022
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There could be far fewer U.S. doctors trained to provide an abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court in a decision that is expected by the end of June, researchers report.
That's because nearly 45% of 286 obstetrics and gynecology residency programs across the United States are in the 26 states certain or likely to ban abortion if the court overturns
Imagine a birth control pill a woman can take before having sex that prevents pregnancy for the next three to five days.
This may become a reality, according to a small, new study.
The traditional birth control pill is taken daily, while
Science is moving closer to a male contraceptive pill, and human clinical trials of a non-hormonal version could begin later this year, researchers say.
The experimental contraceptive works in mice, according to a preliminary study scheduled for presentation Wednesday at an American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting in San Diego.
"Scientists have been trying for decades to develop an ...
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- March 23, 2022
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Women can safely use abortion pills without first getting ultrasound scans, or having an in-person medical appointment at all, a new study confirms.
For more than 20 years, U.S. women have had access to medication abortions for ending early pregnancies, using the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. But for most of that time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration required them to have an i...
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- March 22, 2022
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Florida legislators voted on Thursday to ban most abortions after 15 weeks, a move that would severely restrict access to the procedure for women in that state.
The bill -- modeled after a similar abortion ban in Mississippi that the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on this summer...
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- March 4, 2022
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An increase in telemedicine during the pandemic and easier access to prescription drugs to end a pregnancy may help explain why more than half of U.S. abortions are now done with a combination of medicines instead of surgery, researchers report.
The percentage of abortions done with U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved mifepristone pills rose from about 44% in 2019 to 54% in 2020, a...
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- February 24, 2022
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The first condom specifically designed to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections during anal sex has been approved for sale in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
The One Male Condom can also be used to help reduce the risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during vaginal intercourse.
When having ana...
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- February 23, 2022
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No contraceptive is perfect, and scientists continue searching for safer, more effective methods.
Now, researchers have found a way to trap sperm in semen's natural gel state, and they believe their findings could point the way to a new type of birth control.
Normally, semen liquefies after ejaculation, which enables sperm to swim through a woman's reproductive system to fertilize a...
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- February 9, 2022
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