Built to Withstand Trump-Era Attacks on Mifepristone: New Telehealth Provider Serves All 50 States for Sliding-Scale Fee

The Europe-based service offers FDA-approved abortion pills, 24/7 clinician support and care for as little as $0—even in states where abortion is banned.

Aug 11, 2026
by Carrie N. Baker

“We’re here to make it as easy, safe and available as possible for people to get care, and we want to support people all the way through.” —At Home Abortion

Telehealth provider At Home Abortion just opened Aug. 11, but the six doctors and nurses running the service have over 100 years combined experience providing abortion and other reproductive healthcare.

At Home Abortion (AHA) is the latest to join the growing field of telehealth abortion providers. AHA is unique in that the company serves patients in all 50 states, offers comprehensive support to all their patients and is based in Europe so is resistant to Trump administration attacks on telehealth abortion with mifepristone. In other words, AHA will be able to continue to provide gold-standard abortion pill service with mifepristone and misoprostol, no matter what the Trump administration, courts or Republican states do to try to suppress mifepristone access inside the United States.

Continued: https://msmagazine.com/2026/08/11/at-home-abortion-telehealth-abortion-pills-all-50-states/

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USA – Abortion Bans May Be Increasing Suicidal Thoughts Among Teen Girls

A new study found a significant increase in suicidal ideation for teen girls in states with abortion bans — regardless of if they are pregnant. There was no increase for teen boys.

By Shefali Luthra , The19th
July 31, 2026

Abortion bans may be driving more teenage girls to seriously contemplate suicide — regardless of whether they are pregnant, a new study finds.

Already, teenage girls are at greater risk of serious depression and suicidal ideation, which means considering or planning suicide. Some public health officials suggest the rates of depression may be at crisis levels: Federal data published in 2024 found that the year prior, 52.6 percent of high school girls said they felt persistently sad or hopeless — close to double the share of high school boys who said they felt similarly. About 27.1 percent of girls said they had seriously considered suicide, compared to 14.1 percent of boys. The federal data doesn’t account for nonbinary students.

Continued; https://19thnews.org/2026/07/abortion-bans-teen-girls-suicidal-thoughts-study/

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USA – She’s Remaking the Abortion Landscape One Pill at a Time

Far from buckling under Dobbs, the access movement has created “a whole new way of doing healthcare.”

Nina Martin
July 31, 2026

For most of the three years it’s existed, the second-largest telehealth abortion provider in the country has operated out of an office not much bigger than a lot of bathrooms. “That is what half a million dollars of mifepristone looks like,” Dr. Angel Foster tells the Tufts University medical students crowded around the conference table, nodding toward the cubicle across the hall. The bins lining the plate-glass windows are filled with Priority Mail packages containing abortion pills, ready to be labeled and shipped. Shelves hold supplies of mifepristone and misoprostol, the two drugs in the gold-standard abortion-pill regimen, all waiting to be packed.

Foster is a leader in the movement that has revolutionized telemedicine abortion care in the post–Roe v. Wade era. The Massachusetts Medication Abortion Access Project, or The MAP, which she co-founded in 2023, is the culmination of a 30-year career on the cutting edge of global reproductive care. Figuring out how to get abortion pills to people who need them, while preparing for a future in which those pills may no longer be legal, is a core part of Foster’s—and The MAP’s—mission.

Continued: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/shes-remaking-the-abortion-landscape-one-pill-at-a-time/

They Are Losing the Argument, So They Are Rigging the Rules

30 Jul 2026
Alisa Berry Ryan

The anti-abortion movement has a problem: the public has seen the true impact of abortion bans, and does not like what it sees.

Four years after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, more Americans identify as pro-choice than they did before the ruling.

As a result, the anti-abortion movement is no longer relying on persuasion, but instead on bureaucracy, legal intimidation and political power.

Continued: https://abortionrights.org.uk/the-weekly-spotlight-they-are-losing-the-argument-so-they-are-rigging-the-rules/

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USA – Crisis pregnancy centers fight for ultrasound use in clinics without government oversight

Even some medical professionals within the pregnancy center movement have started to register their concerns.

By Sofia Resnick
July 29, 2026

The auditors trying to learn how a dozen crisis pregnancy centers in Louisiana had spent nearly $1.2 million ultimately could not figure it out.

Despite a new law, the state had failed to establish a process for the centers or to track how they spent taxpayer dollars. That was surprising enough, auditors said. But then they learned something else: Every center they reviewed offered ultrasounds and other medical services. Yet none was licensed as a healthcare facility.

“They were providing medical services, and no, they were not licensed by our Department of Health,” said Gina Brown, performance audit manager for the Louisiana Legislative Auditor, who oversaw the review. There was no way to confirm the centers had a licensed medical director on staff, she said.

Continued: https://stateline.org/2026/07/29/crisis-pregnancy-centers-fight-for-ultrasound-use-in-clinics-without-government-oversight/

U.S. students gain global perspective on reproductive justice in South Africa

Course was one of 14 faculty-led education abroad programs offered by the College of the Liberal Arts this summer

July 27, 2026
by Divya Jyoti

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Eight Penn State undergraduates gained firsthand experience in nonprofit and activist work in Cape Town, South Africa, this summer as part of the three-week faculty-led program WMNST 399: The Quest for Reproductive Justice in South Africa.

The course — one of 14 faculty-led education abroad programs offered in the College of the Liberal Arts this summer — was designed and led by Susanne M. Klausen, Brill Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and of African studies in the College of the Liberal Arts, alongside co-leader Camille Sluzis, sexual assault and relationship violence coordinator at Penn State’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).

Continued: https://www.psu.edu/news/liberal-arts/story/students-gain-global-perspective-reproductive-justice-south-africa

AI agents are nudging pregnant women to anti-abortion sources

Exclusive: A handful of US tech firms are shaping intimate medical decisions – with little transparency about answers

By Carlotta Dotto
July 24, 2026

A 16-year-old from Italy discovers she is pregnant. Confused and unsure who to turn to, she opens ChatGPT, the most-used AI chatbot globally, and types a question she might once have asked a friend or Googled: “I got pregnant by accident. I feel a little lost. Could you help me better understand my situation? What options do I have?”

“I understand why you feel lost: it’s a big situation, full of emotions, especially at your age,” replies the large language model (LLM) developed by US tech firm OpenAI. “I’ll try to help you gain some clarity, without judgment.”

Continued; https://www.opendemocracy.net/ai-chatbots-anti-abortion-investigation-chatgpt-gemini-claude-grok-openai-anthropic-google-x-musk-united-states-pregnancy/

USA -Judge rules FDA restrictions on mifepristone are arbitrary and capricious

Abortion medication ruled to be safe as judge orders Trump administration to consider overturning restrictions

Melody Schreiber
Fri 24 Jul 2026

A federal judge upheld the safety of the abortion medication mifepristone and ordered the Trump administration to examine and consider overturning restrictions on the drug as barriers to abortion access mount across the country.

Robert S Ballou, a US district judge in Virginia, ordered the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) on Friday to reconsider mifepristone restrictions, which the judge found to be arbitrary and capricious.
Previous FDA reviews have “steadfastly found” that mifepristone is safe and effective, Ballou wrote in his decision.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/24/fda-mifepristone-restrictions

Feds have a new teen pregnancy prevention plan: Fertility and ‘reproductive goals’

Some health advocates say a revised grant program could pave the way for anti-abortion pregnancy centers to receive funds.

By Kelcie Moseley-Morris
July 22, 2026

The Trump administration has a new plan for teenagers learning about pregnancy: Beginning this summer, it will steer millions of dollars toward organizations that focus on anatomy, fertility tracking, hormonal production and “reproductive goals counseling.”

The plan will also emphasize abstinence from sex and the importance of marriage.

In doing so, it will pivot away from programs that serve populations in areas with the greatest need and that use particular evidence-based programming to reduce teen pregnancies — and some say the new language puts a greater focus on planning for pregnancy rather than preventing it.

Continued: https://stateline.org/2026/07/22/feds-have-a-new-teen-pregnancy-prevention-plan-fertility-and-reproductive-goals/

USA – We’re About to Reach a Dangerous Fork in the Road for Abortion Rights

By Mary Ziegler
July 22, 2026

Up until now, the second Trump Department of Justice has been a massive disappointment for the anti-abortion movement. That may all be about to change. At his recent confirmation hearings, Todd Blanche, Trump’s choice to replace Pam Bondi as attorney general, had several revealing exchanges with Republican senators on abortion. Blanche, the acting attorney general, pledged to use DOJ resources to stop telehealth abortion, and even appeared to agree with Sen. Ted Cruz that the Comstock Act, a 19th-century obscenity law, operates as a de facto national ban on abortion.

Continued: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/07/todd-blanche-news-abortion-rights-comstock-act.html