⚠️With the abortion pill case going before the US Supreme Court today, here are some important reminders about mifepristone, the medication in question. Mifepristone is extremely safe. ­­­In addition to a 20+ year track record of use in the US, the medication’s safety is documented in more than 100 peer-reviewed articles.

NEWS OUT OF TEXAS: Today, the Texas Medical Board announced that they are publishing proposed rules to purportedly ‘clarify’ exceptions to the state’s harsh abortion bans. However, these rules fall seriously short of the clarity needed. “The rules Texas Medical Board proposed today contain more of the same rhetoric we have been hearing for years: that physicians should just read the language of the exception and exercise their reasonable medical judgment.” -Molly Duane, @ReproRights Senior Staff Attorney

🔴LIVE: The @SenateBudget Committee is hosting a hearing on the devastating economic impacts of abortion bans. The committee will hear from @ReproRights' Tennessee plaintiff Allie Phillips and other experts. Tune in now and follow our live coverage: budget.senate.gov/hearings/no-ri… @SenateBudget "Reproductive rights, it turns out, are intrinsically tied to economic opportunity. Reproductive justice is economic justice. Restricting one restricts the other." -@SenWhitehouse

BREAKING: Idaho court rejected the state’s attempt to throw out our case brought by women denied abortions. Our case seeking to expand the medical exceptions in Idaho’s abortion bans will proceed despite the state’s attempt to dismiss the case. dropbox.com/scl/fi/3huvsbd… “We’re grateful the court saw through the State’s callous attempt to ignore the pain and suffering their laws are causing Idahoans. Now the State of Idaho will be forced to answer to these women in a court of law.” -Gail Deady, Senior Staff Attorney at @reprorights

BREAKING: The US Supreme Court says it will hear a case that could eliminate access to mifepristone—one of two drugs used in medication abortion. The case was filed by an anti-abortion group seeking to undo FDA approval of the drug and remove it from the market nationwide. The case reached SCOTUS after an appellate court partially upheld a district court ruling granting the anti-abortion group's request, which attempted to reinstate restrictions on mifepristone that limit access. The Court will likely hear arguments on the case in spring.

UPDATE: After a week of legal whiplash and threats of prosecution from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, our client Kate Cox has been forced to flee her home state of Texas to get the time-sensitive abortion care needed to protect her health and future fertility. Kate has been unable to get an abortion in Texas, even though her fetus has a fatal condition and continuing the pregnancy threatens her future fertility. Last week, a state court ruled in Kate's favor, but within hours, TX AG Paxton asked SCOTX to block the order immediately.

BREAKING: Late tonight, the Texas Supreme Court temporarily halted a lower court ruling that would have allowed Kate Cox, our plaintiff with severe pregnancy complications, to have an abortion to protect her health and future fertility. The Court said they will weigh in on the matter and stayed the lower court ruling until they have more time to consider the case.

A pharma sciences professor has proven what we already knew: the study cited in Texas Judge Kascmaryk's radical attempt to remove #mifepristone from the market is “grossly misleading” and “dishonest”. The publishing journal has opened an investigation. newjerseymonitor.com/2023/08/02/stu… Here are a couple hints that Kascmaryk’s favorite junk study wasn't on the level:
➡️All but 1 of the study's 8 authors are associated with the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research arm of the Susan B Anthony Pro-Life America group which works to elect anti-abortion extremists.

#BREAKING: HUGE NEWS! 🎉🎉🎉
The judge in our Zurawski v. Texas case has ruled IN FAVOR of our plaintiffs, BLOCKING Texas' abortion bans as they apply to dangerous pregnancy complications including fatal fetal diagnoses. Today’s ruling alleviates months of confusion around what conditions qualify as medical emergencies under Texas’ abortion bans, giving doctors permission to use their own medical judgment in determining when abortion care is needed.

🔔WE ARE IN TEXAS STATE COURT RIGHT NOW representing 13 Texan women denied abortions despite serious pregnancy complications.

👉Follow this thread as we share live updates from Zurawski v. State of Texas, a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights. The court will decide whether to grant the plaintiffs’ request to temporarily block Texas’s abortion bans. The court will also hear arguments on the state’s shameful request to dismiss the case without having the witnesses give their testimony in court. bit.ly/3pU2zd4

We are so incredibly proud to be representing Amanda Zurawski, Anna Zargarian, Lauren Hall, and Lauren Miller in our case, Zurawski v. State of Texas. Our lawsuit makes a common sense request: let Texas doctors practice medicine and keep their pregnant patients safe. 🧵 Texas's extreme ban is creating chaos for patients and doctors. Texas lawmakers claim the ban has a medical exception, but our plaintiffs were denied medically necessary abortions. It's clear: Texans in obstetrical emergencies can't access the care they need to save their lives.

#BREAKING: Today, Polish human rights defender Justyna Wydrzyńska was convicted by a district court in Warsaw for providing abortion medication to a domestic violence survivor in 2020. She has been sentenced to 8 months of community service. #JakJustyna Poland bans abortion under almost all circumstances, making it one of the hardest places to access abortion in Europe. Anyone who provides abortion care or helps someone to obtain an abortion can be prosecuted under Polish law.

On National Black Midwives Day, and every day, we join @black_midwives in recognizing the critical role Black midwives play in our communities and in our movement. 🧵 Unlike other wealthy nations, where midwives provide maternal health care for most people giving birth, the U.S. has marginalized midwifery care, particularly Black practitioners.

🚨🚨🚨 The first hearing in a Texas case that could upend access to abortion pills across the U.S. is scheduled for this Wednesday, March 15th. 🧵
washingtonpost.com/national-secur… A decision in this case has the potential to withdraw the abortion medication mifepristone from the market NATIONWIDE, including in states where abortion is legally protected. In the U.S., medication abortion accounts for more than half of all abortions.

#FILED: We are bringing the first-ever lawsuit on behalf of women denied abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

We are seeking to rightfully return life-and-death medical decisions to patients and their doctors.
reproductiverights.org/texas-lawsuit-… In Zurawski v. State of Texas, five Texans with severe pregnancy complications and two obstetrician-gynecologists are suing Texas over its abortion bans. The case seeks clarity on when doctors and patients can access abortion under the state's exception for "medical emergencies".

🔴HAPPENING NOW: Watch the Center's press conference on a landmark case filed on behalf of women denied abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. fb.me/e/SHfsmUWF “The Supreme Court’s unwarranted reversal of Roe v. Wade has resulted in a health care crisis in states across the nation, including here in Texas. It is now dangerous to be pregnant in Texas.” —Nancy Northup, President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights

Sunday marked 100 days since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a devastating decision that has left millions struggling to access essential abortion care.

We’ve broken down the repercussions of this decision over the last 100 days, by the numbers. 🧵⬇️ People across the U.S. seeking abortions are being forced to cross state lines, traveling hundreds of miles to access essential care.

Consequently, clinics in states where abortion is legal have become inundated with out-of-state patients.

#BREAKING: Abortion is now banned in North Carolina after the 20th week of pregnancy. 

The ban has been blocked for over three years and was allowed to go into effect today by a federal judge who was completely unprompted. This decision is an egregious overstep by the court. A joint statement from the Center, @PPFA, @PPSATNC, @ACLU, and @ACLU_NC:  “People will suffer from this dangerous ban. There is already confusion among providers over whether they can provide care, resulting in pregnant people being turned away in emergency situations...”

#BREAKING: The South Carolina Supreme Court has unanimously decided to block the state’s six-week abortion ban while litigation continues.

The ban took effect shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and has caused irreparable harm for more than a month. “Today’s decision is a huge relief for people who desperately need abortion care in South Carolina right now. Many have been panicking for far too long as they try to figure out where they can turn to for services, if at all...” —Genevieve Scott, Center Senior Counsel

ICYMI: Yesterday the Biden-Harris administration issued a proposed rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which would restore and strengthen vital nondiscrimination protections in health care. 👏
reproductiverights.org/biden-harris-a… “Everyone deserves access to the health care they need, free from discrimination. The Biden-Harris administration’s proposed rule is an important first step towards ensuring that goal...” —Nancy Northup, President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights

#BREAKING: We just filed a case in Georgia state court against the state’s 6-week abortion ban. Last week a federal appellate court allowed the extreme law to go into immediate effect, causing a devastating crisis as clinics were forced to turn away patients &cancel appointments. Since #SCOTUS overturned Roe last month, a domino effect of bans has decimated abortion access in the south and across the U.S. A six-week abortion ban is particularly dangerous in Georgia, where the maternal mortality rate is alarmingly high, especially among Black Georgians.