Go Unlimited with Magzter GOLD
Get unlimited access to 10,000+ magazines, newspapers and Premium stories for just
Try GOLD - Free
US women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions
Scoop USA Newspaper
|January 05, 2024
Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get.
Medication abortion accounts for more than half of all abortions in the U.S., and typically involves two drugs: mifepristone and misoprostol. A research letter published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at requests for these pills from people who weren't pregnant and sought them through Aid Access, a European online telemedicine service that prescribes them for future and immediate use.
Aid Access received about 48,400 requests from across the U.S. for so-called "advance provision" from September 2021 through April 2023. Requests were highest right after news leaked in May 2022 that the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade — but before the formal announcement that June, researchers found.
This story is from the January 05, 2024 edition of Scoop USA Newspaper.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM Scoop USA Newspaper
Scoop USA Newspaper
Here We Go Again
For the past few weeks, we’ve been bombarded by the mainstream media about a supposedly “new” lethal virus in tones that actually contradict themselves.
3 mins
ScoopUSA, Volume 66 - Number 22
Scoop USA Newspaper
Family planning in an age of anxiety
“Why so few babies?” asked a New York Times essay that sounded oddly familiar to me.
3 mins
ScoopUSA, Volume 66 - Number 22
Scoop USA Newspaper
Remembering Malcolm X... excerpts from the Ballot or the Bullet
As we celebrate the birth of Malcolm X on May 19, we must recognize the impact he had on our lives before his passing and even more so after his death.
5 mins
ScoopUSA, Volume 66 - Number 22
Scoop USA Newspaper
Summer fest activities for the family
We’ve got local and national entertainment news. A lot is going on, so get your pen or pad out to take notes.
4 mins
ScoopUSA, Volume 66 - Number 22
Scoop USA Newspaper
It's do or die time. Go Vote!
Primary Election Day is May 19... Vote!
5 mins
ScoopUSA, Volume 66 - Number 22
Scoop USA Newspaper
When reflection becomes praise: Jonathan Nelson's "When I Think, I Thank" inspires a grateful generation
Something powerful happens when memory meets gratitude.
2 mins
ScoopUSA, Volume 66 - Number 21
Scoop USA Newspaper
Student advocate highlights rising deportation orders while planning future in politics
Activism is deeply personal for Eastern Regional High School senior Emilio Cordova.
2 mins
ScoopUSA, Volume 66 - Number 22
Scoop USA Newspaper
A Note from the Publisher
It has been a couple of years since I wrote a Publisher’s Note, and it is long overdue.
2 mins
ScoopUSA, Volume 66 - Number 21
Scoop USA Newspaper
Without a Song
Songs play a significant role in people’s lives. There is a song somewhere that is suited to all occasions. Out of the joys, sadness, problems, and prosperity of people, songs were born.
3 mins
ScoopDigital, Vol. 7, No. 14
Scoop USA Newspaper
Dr. Ethel D. Allen
Dr. Ethel D. Allen boldly described herself as ‘BFR—a black female Republican, an entity as rare as a black elephant and just as smart.’
3 mins
ScoopUSA Volume 66 - Number 20
Translate
Change font size