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Iowa attorney general not finished with audit that's holding up contraception money for rape victims

Mar. 27, 2024 13:43 PM EDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa attorney general’s office said it is still working on an audit of its victim services that has held up emergency contraception funding for victims of sexual assault. Attorney General Brenna Bird, a Republican, paused the funding while awaiting the...

Bill that would have placed the question of abortion access before Louisiana voters fails

Mar. 25, 2024 18:15 PM EDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A bill that ultimately would have let voters decide whether abortions should be legal in Louisiana, a state with a near-total ban, failed after a Republican-controlled committee rejected it Monday. The legislation proposed an amendment to Louisiana's...

Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court. How safe is this abortion pill?

Mar. 24, 2024 09:05 AM EDT

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. The central dispute in the case is whether the Food and Drug Administration overlooked serious...

Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York following a statewide order

Mar. 19, 2024 16:32 PM EDT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York under an order signed by state health officials on Tuesday. The move is part of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's mission to bolster reproductive rights at a time when its restricted in other parts of the country. ...

Minnesota court rules pharmacist discriminated against woman in denying emergency contraception

Mar. 19, 2024 15:34 PM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled that a pharmacist who refused to provide emergency contraceptives to a customer because of his personal beliefs engaged in discrimination. The three-judge panel ruled Monday that pharmacist George Badeaux engaged in...

Over-the-counter birth control pill now available to Wisconsin Medicaid patients

Mar. 19, 2024 06:01 AM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin will have access to the first over-the-counter birth control pill starting Tuesday, allowing them to easily receive contraceptive medication with no out-of-pocket costs or doctor's prescription, Gov. Tony Evers announced. Evers,...

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

Mar. 12, 2024 13:32 PM EDT

Indianapolis Business Journal. March 8, 2024. Editorial: Stripping access counselor’s authority harms public as well as press It’s easy to think of the Office of the Indiana Public Access Counselor as an agency that serves the media. And yes, reporters and media...

First over-the-counter birth control pill in US begins shipping to stores

Mar. 04, 2024 13:45 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this month, allowing American women and teens to purchase contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin. Manufacturer Perrigo said Monday it has begun shipping the...

Indigenous women in Greenland sue Denmark over involuntary contraception in the 1960s and 1970s

Mar. 04, 2024 09:26 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A group of Indigenous women in Greenland has sued Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with intrauterine contraceptive devices in the 1960s and 1970s and demanded total compensation of nearly 43 million kroner ($6.3 million), their lawyer said Monday. ...

Polish lawmakers OK morning-after pill for ages 15 and over in a first step to ease reproductive law

Feb. 22, 2024 12:26 PM EST

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers voted on Thursday to approve over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for ages 15 and above in a step to liberalize Poland’s strict reproductive law inherited from the previous nationalist conservative government. The vote in...