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Today at Ms. | October 12, 2023 |
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Haller’s Pharmacy in Fremont, Calif., is one of a few brick-and-mortar pharmacies across the U.S. that distribute mifepristone. (Courtesy of Haller’s Pharmacy) |
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | In January of 2023, the FDA announced the new certification process for pharmacies to dispense mifepristone. Last week, the pharmaceutical company GenBioPro announced the names of 18 brick-and-mortar pharmacies that are now dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone.
They are the first pharmacies to publicly acknowledge doing so after the FDA in late 2021 finally loosened medically unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone that blocked pharmacy distribution for decades.
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Across from the Planned Parenthood clinic, Catholic nuns pray with a group of anti-abortion activists on Sept. 2, 2023, in New York City. Abortion rights activists staged a counterprotest. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images) |
BY REBECCA GIBRON | Most of us do not want a stranger’s ideology controlling our futures. If you live in a “blue” or “abortion haven” state, you may feel protected from abortion bans, but the truth is, your healthcare may be limited by the religious interests directing your local hospital. (Click here to read more) |
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BY SOPHIE DORF-KAMIENNY | In every issue of Ms., we track research on our progress in the fight for equality, catalogue can’t-miss quotes from feminist voices and keep tabs on the feminist movement’s many milestones. We’re Keeping Score online, too—in this biweekly roundup.
This week: Federal funding for childcare expired on Oct. 1; Iranian activist and feminist economist are honored with Nobel Prizes; gunman fires two rounds into Planned Parenthood clinic in Montana; California to protect abortion providers from out-of-state lawsuits; Republicans in Congress attempt to repeal FACE Act protecting abortion clinics; cost of raising a child in the U.S. skyrockets; Latina women hit hardest by state-level abortion bans; and more. (Click here to read more) |
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