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Glenn Cohen
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As medical and scientific judgment calls go, the decision to approve the abortion drug mifepristone was a relatively straightforward one for the US Food and…
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Texas abortion pill ruling poses threat to other drugs
April 13, 2023
Last Friday, a judge in Texas revoked the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, the first of two drugs used for medication abortions. Legal…
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The Biden administration, seeking to reassure abortion rights activists without provoking the courts, is privately promising an array of liberal groups that it will wage…
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Healey, in bid to ‘ride out’ legal challenge, moves to stockpile 15,000 mifepristone doses in Massachusetts
April 11, 2023
Governor Maura Healey revealed Monday that the state took preemptive steps to bolster its mifepristone stockpile, putting in an order last week for 15,000 doses…
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Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings
April 10, 2023
Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the…
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A federal judge’s ruling to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s longstanding approval of the abortion pill mifepristone poses threats to the U.S. government’s regulatory…
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Two conflicting rulings Friday by federal judges in Texas and Washington over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone has left access to the drug…
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‘It’s creating enormous chaos’: Legal experts, political leaders blast Texas court ruling that could affect access to abortion pill
April 10, 2023
Massachusetts political leaders and health advocates pledged an all-out defense of women’s reproductive rights Saturday following an order from a Texas judge Friday that experts…
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Nearly three decades old, HIPAA appears obsolete and riddled with new technology-induced gaps. Why it matters: With regulators unable and politicians unwilling to address the…
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Dueling court cases in Washington state and Texas could determine legality of abortion pill
March 30, 2023
Two federal judges are poised to issue rulings soon in dueling cases that could dramatically affect access to the abortion pill mifepristone. In Washington state,…
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Notes and Comment
March 29, 2023
At this spring's Notes and Comment event, dozens of Harvard Law students working on writing projects met with faculty experts for advice and commentary on their work.
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Scientists have created mice with two biologically male parents for the first time – a significant milestone in reproductive biology. The team, led by Katsuhiko…
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Analysis: In US abortion pill case, FDA could soften blow of court-ordered restrictions
March 23, 2023
A conservative federal judge in Texas could soon order the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its 22-year-old approval for a pill used in…
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U.S. judge in Texas will soon rule on the abortion pill mifepristone. Here’s what could happen
March 20, 2023
A Texas judge will soon issue a pivotal ruling in a closely watched case challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill…
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A Texas lawsuit attempting to ban pills used in medical abortions could have an impact on how the FDA approves medicines as a whole. “To…
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For the first time, researchers have created mice with two biologically male parents by manipulating the chromosomes inside a stem cell. Katsuhiko Hayashi, a stem…
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In 1987, Ms. magazine asked me to write about RU-486, a new medication that caused the uterus to expel a fertilized egg before it could…
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The future of medication abortion is teetering in lawsuits over the availability and legality of mifepristone, the first of two drugs used in the procedure.
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Federal judges in Texas have delivered time and again for abortion opponents. They upheld a state law that allows for $10,000 bounties to be placed…
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One Texas judge will decide fate of abortion pill used by millions of American women
February 27, 2023
Federal judges in Texas have delivered time and again for abortion opponents. They upheld a state law that allows for $10,000 bounties to be placed…
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Abortion pills become latest battleground over reproductive rights
February 24, 2023
With abortion banned or severely restricted in 18 U.S. States, abortion pills have become the new battleground for the anti-abortion movement. In a story co-produced…