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FACT FOCUS: No evidence that $50 million was designated by the US to buy condoms for Hamas

Jan. 29, 2025 22:02 PM EST

During a signing ceremony Wednesday for the Laken Riley Act, President Donald Trump claimed that his administration had "identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas." Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, made a similar claim on...

Emergency contraception pill could be an alternative to mifepristone for abortions, study suggests

Jan. 24, 2025 08:27 AM EST

A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in the most common type of abortion in the United States. Mifepristone has been...