Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey joined 21 other attorneys general in signing a brief that says withdrawing FDA approval for the drug would drastically reduce access to safe abortion care.
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Abortion pill could be pulled off market by Texas lawsuit
The FDA approved mifepristone – in combination with a second drug – in 2000 as a safe and effective method for ending a pregnancy.
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Our View: Democrats’ plan to expand abortion rights is not ‘extreme’
Under no circumstances should cost or geography determine the rights of pregnant Mainers.
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Women’s marches to draw thousands on 50th anniversary of Roe
Organizers said they are now focusing on states after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe in June unleashed a flurry of abortion restrictions and near-total bans in more than a dozen states.
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Mills said she wouldn’t seek to alter Maine abortion law. What changed?
Despite saying during the campaign that she had ‘no plans to change the current law,’ the governor has unveiled a bill that would extend abortion access beyond fetal viability when approved by a medical professional.
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Supreme Court says it still hasn’t found who leaked abortion opinion
Ninety-seven employees of the court were formally interviewed; all denied disclosing the opinion but some later admitted they told their spouses.
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Bishop Deeley calls proposal to allow abortions late in pregnancy ‘beyond troubling’
While the leader of Maine’s Catholics is vocal in his opposition to Gov. Mills’ bill, other religious leaders are divided.
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Gov. Mills to introduce legislation to expand access to abortion throughout pregnancy
One of four bills to be introduced would allow abortion at any point in a pregnancy with the approval of a qualified medical professional.
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Alabama attorney general says women could be prosecuted for using abortion pills
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Roe has triggered new attempts to preserve access to the medications, which can be used to terminate early-stage pregnancies at home.
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Texas lawmakers consider restrictions on teen birth control
For Republicans, new proposals include penalizing companies that help their Texas employees seek abortions elsewhere, limiting access to abortion-inducing drugs by mail and dispensing emergency contraception.