So-called “home abortions” are on the rise in Sweden despite overall abortion numbers declining as more and more Swedish women have their abortions performed at their own homes, rather than a clinic. In 2021, Sweden saw around 33,700 abortions performed
Home abortions, previously implemented as a ‘temporary’ measure during the pandemic, have now been made permanently legal by the UK’s Conservative Party majority parliament.
The head of the Catholic Parliamentary Office, Anthony Horan, has condemned the Scottish Government’s decision to permanently legalize DIY abortions despite public opposition.
The FDA lifted restrictions on abortion-inducing drugs, allowing for dispensation through telemedicine and the mail during the pandemic.
More than 90 members of Congress have written to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn, urging him to classify the abortion drug Mifeprex (mifepristone) as a “hazard” or “threat of danger” in order to have it removed from the U.S. market.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule that requires women to have an in-person clinic visit in order to obtain drugs to induce an abortion.
The acting CEO of Planned Parenthood said the “silver lining” of the pandemic is that her abortion chain has used telehealth technology to provide drug-induced, at-home abortions.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a bill to expand telemedicine services because it excluded access to at-home, drug-induced abortions.
