Tag: mifepristone

Judge Halts Wyoming’s Abortion Pill Ban Amid Lawsuit

A Wyoming judge has temporarily halted the state’s ban on abortion pills, which was scheduled to go into effect on July 1. Judge Melissa Owens of Teton County, who was appointed by the state’s Republican Gov. Mark Gordon, ruled on Thursday that the attorneys representing Wyoming failed to demonstrate that the ban would not harm…


Pro-Life Movement Makes Gains Amid Shifting Abortion Landscape

Nearly one year after the Supreme Court’s historic reversal of Roe v. Wade, states across the country are still hashing out where they stand on the issue of abortion. This week, the popular stance has been to increase protections for the unborn. In South Carolina, for instance, after hours of voting down hundreds of Democrat…


Appeals Court Seems Skeptical of Biden Admin Arguments in Favor of Abortion Pill

A federal appeals court appears skeptical of Biden administration arguments given on May 17 that a lower court ruling overturning a decades-old U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of abortion pill mifepristone was wrongly decided. The case is one of many that have followed in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in June…


IN-DEPTH: Pro-Life Women Share How the Abortion Pill Changed Their Lives

As the legal battle over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) controversial approval of the abortion drug mifepristone continues, women whose lives have been personally affected by its use are stepping forward to share their experiences. One of those women is Sarah Hurm, an Iowa mother of four who, in 2018, became pregnant with…


IN-DEPTH: This Mother Was Able to Reverse an Abortion Pill and Save Her Baby’s Life

As the legal battle over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) controversial approval of the abortion drug mifepristone continues, women whose lives have been personally affected by its use are stepping forward to share their experiences. One of those women is Sarah Hurm, an Iowa mother of four who, in 2018, became pregnant with…


Supreme Court Decides Abortion Pill to Remain Amid Ongoing Legal Battle

The U.S. Supreme Court decided Friday that mifepristone, an abortion pill, will be broadly accessible amid an ongoing legal battle over its regulatory approval. Mifepristone, approved in 2000 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is part of a chemical abortion process, and is generally taken with another drug called misoprostol, to kill an unborn child in…


LIVE NOW: NTD Evening News (April 21): Biden Team Behind Letter Discrediting Hunter Biden Laptop Story as Russian Disinformation: Ex-CIA Boss

A former deputy director of the CIA was prompted by the Biden campaign to frame the Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation in a letter signed by dozens of former senior intelligence officials ahead of the 2020 presidential election, according to testimony revealed by congressional lawmakers. Former CIA deputy director Michael Morell was among…


NTD Evening News (April 21): Biden Team Behind Letter Discrediting Hunter Biden Laptop Story as Russian Disinformation: Ex-CIA Boss

A former deputy director of the CIA was prompted by the Biden campaign to frame the Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian disinformation in a letter signed by dozens of former senior intelligence officials ahead of the 2020 presidential election, according to testimony revealed by congressional lawmakers. Former CIA deputy director Michael Morell was among…


IN-DEPTH: Being Informed of Abortion Reversal Option at Center of Vetoed Kansas Bill

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have required doctors to inform women that medication abortions can be reversed if action is taken in time. Pro-life groups have now urged GOP lawmakers to override the veto, contending that Kansas women should have the right to know the option is available. House…


Supreme Court Temporarily Extends Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone

The U.S. Supreme Court on April 19 temporarily extended orders that stay lower court rulings that would have restricted access to a popular abortion bill. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, a George W. Bush appointee, extended the orders until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday. The orders had been set to expire at the end of…