Tag: Decisions and Verdicts

August 16, 2023

Appeals Court Upholds Abortion Pill Restrictions

The new ruling will have no effect on access until the Supreme Court ultimately decides the case.

July 13, 2023

F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

The price of the pill, which has not been announced, will determine how affordable it will be when it becomes available in early 2024.

July 6, 2023

FDA Makes Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi Widely Accessible

The F.D.A. gave full approval to the drug, but added a black-box warning about safety risks. Medicare said it would cover most of the high cost.

June 22, 2023

Wyoming Judge Temporarily Blocks State’s Ban on Abortion Pills

The law was to take effect on July 1. It is the only state law that specifically outlaws the most common abortion method in the country.

May 16, 2023

Appeals Court Pauses Ruling That Threatened Free Preventive Health Care

The action, which stayed a lower court ruling, will require health plans to fully cover preventive services while the appeals process plays out.

May 9, 2023

U.S. Loses Key Case on Rights to H.I.V.-Prevention Drugs

In an unusual court trial, a federal jury sided with the drug maker Gilead Sciences in a dispute over who came up with the idea of using a daily pill to prevent H.I.V.

April 13, 2023

Court Says Abortion Pill Can Remain Available but Imposes Temporary Restrictions

The judges blocked the drug from being sent to patients through the mail and rolled back other steps the government had taken to ease access.

April 8, 2023

What’s Going On With the Abortion Pill Rulings by Federal Judges?

One invalidated the F.D.A.’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The other ordered the F.D.A. to do nothing to restrict the pill’s availability.

March 31, 2023

Health Plans No Longer Have to Cover Preventive Care at No Cost. Here’s What to Know.

A ruling by a federal judge this week could set up yet another Supreme Court challenge to the Obamacare health law.

August 7, 2022

Some Women Turn to Self-Managed Abortion as Access Recedes

Information and medications needed to end a pregnancy are increasingly available outside the health care system.