A federal judge in Texas ruled that three states can challenge the current rules of accessibility for abortion pills.

More than 2,800 Texans are getting abortion pills through the mail from out-of-state every month, prompting a lawsuit and legislation seeking to end the practice.

After Congress declined to extend certain relief allowing first-dollar coverage of telehealth services by high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), health plan sponsors may need to make immediate changes to preserve employees’ health savings account (HSA) eligibility.

Taking abortion pills at home helps reduce stigma associated with pregnancy termination, according to recent findings. “It’s intuitive to understand that people are afraid of protesters outside of abortion clinics.

A judge in Texas says 3 other states can pursue their effort to stop telehealth abortion pill prescriptions nationwide.

Texas has outlawed most abortions and forbids sending abortion medication through the mail. Still, thousands obtain abortion pills online – some coming from Delaware.

Statesman columnist Bridget Grumet speaks about her trip to Delaware to investigate the access Texas women have to abortion by mail.

The Galleri test, developed by Grail, screens for over 50 types of cancer with a single blood draw. Despite its potential benefits, including identifying cancers early, it faces criticism for lack of long-term evidence on reducing cancer mortality rates and its high cost.

“Basically, the farther the patients resided from an abortion facility, the more they were depending on the pills being mailed to them,” co-lead researcher Dr. Emily Godfrey, an OB/GYN and family doctor with the University of Washington, said in a news release.

Idaho, Kansas and Missouri can pursue legal action to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from allowing online prescriptions.

An incoming new president and state legislative sessions ramping up are likely to bring more changes to abortion policy across the U.S., which is still settling after the seismic shift in 2022 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door to state bans.