In response to the Supreme Court’s imminent overturning of Roe v. Wade, a coalition of reproductive health, rights and justice organizations are trying to educate the public about the safety and effectiveness of self-managed abortion using medications.
“What if anyone who needs to end a pregnancy could do so with safe, effective medication available without a prescription, the same way we already get other medications?” asks the Abortion on Our Own Terms Campaign. “That future is within reach.”
“The Abortion on Our Own Terms campaign is an amazing, affirmative, defiant campaign, which is just what this horrible moment for abortion rights and access in this country needs,” said Erin Matson, co-founder and executive director of“There are a variety of methods that folks may use to self-manage abortion. We provide information on abortion pills because they are such an amazing technical advance—really a game changer,” said Matson.
The FDA has approved a regimen of one mifepristone pill and four misoprostol pills through 10 weeks of pregnancy . The World Health Organization has approved this regimen “We are pill-forward and method-inclusive,” said Matson. “That means we put a lot of emphasis on abortion pills, but we also recognize that there are other methods that people may be using to end pregnancies outside the medical system and we sure as heck don’t want them stigmatized or, of course, not criminalized.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Some clinics halting abortions while bracing for Roe's fallAbortion providers are bracing for the final days of the U.S. Supreme Court’s guarantee of a right to an abortion.
Read more »
Iowa Supreme Court, reversing a decision 4 years ago, clears way for severe abortion restrictionsThe Iowa Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for lawmakers to severely limit or even ban abortion in the state, reversing a decision by the court just four years ago that guaranteed the right to abortion under the Iowa Constitution.
Read more »
Demand For Abortion Rises As Supreme Court Is Poised To Roll Back AccessFor decades, the number of abortions performed in the U.S. had been trending downward.
Read more »
Catholic and anti-abortion groups raise alarm about violenceMore than two dozen Catholic organizations, anti-abortion centers and conservative groups have signed a letter demanding the DOJ investigate and prosecute attacks on churches, pregnancy resource centers and Supreme Court justices.
Read more »
Iowa top court rejects right to abortion, revives waiting period law(Reuters) -Iowa's highest court on Friday ruled that the state's constitution does not include a 'fundamental right' to abortion, reversing its own finding from four years ago and reviving a law requiring women to wait 24 hours after an initial appointment before getting an abortion. The 5-2 ruling by the Supreme Court of Iowa overturned a lower court one blocking the law, which had been challenged by a Planned Parenthood affiliate. It comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected in coming weeks to issue a major ruling that could dramatically curtail abortion rights at the national level.
Read more »
‘I don’t care what the Supreme Court says': Abortion advocates from across the region rally in JacksonAbortion advocates vowed at a rally Friday to ensure Mississippians retain access to abortion regardless of what the U.S. Supreme Court decides in the coming days.
Read more »