Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.

Many people who have an abortion are already parents or decide to have children later in their lives.

You might hear anti-abortion advocates use the term “chemical abortion.” It’s not a medical term or a real thing.

They’re trying to make you afraid of a basic health care procedure that one in every four women will have in their lifetimes.

How Celebrity Smear Campaigns are Inspiring Attacks on Birth Control Conservative billionaires are weaponizing pop culture news to draw in a new generation of young women

The pink pill pipeline, where women are exposed to anti-feminist ideologies disguised as ‘lifestyle’ content, is sowing doubt about the safety of birth control while also promoting period-tracking apps with ties to surveillance companies.

We know that medication abortions and contraceptives are safe. The data proves it.

We know that access to abortion allows people to build lives and families on their own terms. The data proves it.

Everything else is fearmongering meant to limit people’s options.

Our new study found that telehealth patients were more likely to report being satisfied with medication abortion than those accessing in-person care.

Telehealth & no-test screening are highly feasible & should be offered to those seeking medication abortion. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Adoption is a complicated parenting decision.

Abortion is a pregnancy decision.

They’re not the same.

‘Am I going to die?’: more women join challenge to Arkansas abortion ban Case argues law violates state constitution’s guarantee to life, liberty, equality and the pursuit of happiness

Ectopic pregnancies – when an embryo implants somewhere other than the uterine lining – are never viable and can be life-threatening.

But a doctor in Arkansas tried to discharge a patient with an ectopic pregnancy without treatment. She’s fighting back.

Access to abortion care is an affordability issue.

The Turnaway Study shows that people who are denied abortions are less likely to have enough money to cover expenses like food, housing, and transportation even years later.

Medication abortion is safe.
Birth control is safe.

But misinformation about safe, well-studied medications? That’s dangerous.

New Research Makes Wild Suggestion: The Abortion Pill Could Be Over the Counter Thanks to JAMA, it’s almost like we live in a reality where expanding reproductive healthcare is obvious.

Abortion pills should be available OTC.

“There's so much discussion about restrictions on medication abortion that are not evidence-based,” said Dr. Grossman. “It’s exciting to see science pointing us in another direction, where access could be expanded.”

Infographic about reducing alcohol-related harms showing that policies that single out pregnant women do not reduce harm and some make health outcomes worse. Scroll to the right to see more information.

Infographic showing research findings that prove mandatory warning signs aimed at pregnant women's drinking are harmful and pregnancy-specific alcohol policies are ineffective. Instead, government monopoly control over the sale of spirits and taxing alcohol are proven both effective.

An infographic that shows the clearest path to reducing harms from drinking during pregnancy is to target alcohol at the population level, not to single out pregnant women.

The clearest path to reducing harms from drinking during pregnancy is to target alcohol at the population level - not to single out pregnant women.

Register for this webinar to learn more about how we can better guide policies with evidence. ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

You know what is best for your health and your future.

Our research consistently finds that people are good at predicting what their futures would look like with or without children and making thoughtful, informed decisions about their pregnancies.

Most People Can Determine if They're Eligible for OTC Abortion Pill, Study Shows Researchers tested prototype product package and drug facts label

A new ANSIRH study shows that most people seeking medication abortion were able to determine if they were eligible based on a prototype label.

This is part of growing evidence that supports making medication abortions available over-the-counter.

Despite spreading dangerous misinformation, these places often receive state and federal funding, while evidence-based family planning services are becoming more inaccessible.

Inside, patients are often told misinformation and receive anti-abortion counseling.

If patients want to access resources like free baby supplies, they’re often required to take classes and workshops with religious components.

When you arrive at the crisis pregnancy center, they often represent themselves as a medical clinic. They’re not.

Their primary goal is to dissuade patients from choosing abortion care – promoting parenthood, adoption, and a host of "traditional family values."

Imagine you take a pregnancy test, and it’s positive. You want to confirm your pregnancy and sort through your next steps. There’s a crisis pregnancy center in your neighborhood offering free care.

Here’s what happens inside [a thread 🧵]

It’s okay to have an abortion.

Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care.

Over-the-counter medication abortion? These researchers say it would be safe A paper in JAMA Internal Medicine adds to the growing scientific evidence that medication abortion pills would be safe to sell over-the-counter at the pharmacy. But political opposition means that…

You walk into a retail pharmacy, & pick up a package on the shelf that says "medication abortion kit." You buy it & walk out, and end your early pregnancy at home. "It's time that the general public understands that this could be a reality," says @drdgrossman.bsky.social

Episode 11: Disinformation and abortion, with Dr. Ushma Upadhyay - Unchecked: The architecture of disinformation SYNOPSISSpeaking to Dr. Ushma Upadhyay, Rachel and Dan dig into misinformation about abortion – who gets them, why they get them, and how they get them. You may be surprised by some of the answers.…

When the data doesn’t back up their arguments, anti-abortion groups turn to misinformation to make their case.

That includes self-publishing unsubstantiated data to influence public opinion, and even using that data to justify a national abortion ban.

Feelings of regret after an abortion are rare.

The majority of #TurnawayStudy participants reported feeling relief even years after their abortion.

Self-Selection for Medication Abortion Using a Prototype Drug Facts Label This diagnostic study examines whether patients seeking an abortion could accurately self-select their eligibility to use over-the-counter (OTC) medication abortion by using a prototype OTC package…

Research will not be deterred by efforts to restrict medication abortion. And that includes research testing whether medication abortion could be available over the counter.

We developed prototype OTC packaging, including a drug facts label & consumer info leaflet. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Law Enforcement’s Misleading, ‘Born Alive’ Obsession Alexia Moore's arrest in Georgia shines a light on cop's language games

Pregnancies are complicated.

“Medicine is fundamentally about shades of gray, where the law is written as black and white,” explains Dr. Katrina Kimport. All too often, that leads to women being punished for a wide range of pregnancy outcomes.

Birth Mothers Emerge From The Fog - New Haven Independent In Gretchen Sisson's "Relinquished," newly out in paperback.

Americans “see adoption as a way of ensuring better lives for children who might otherwise not have homes or parents at all,” explains ANSIRH researcher Gretchen Sisson. “These beliefs are rarely rooted in reality.”

Over one in four abortions in the U.S. now occur via telehealth, not because of politics, but because the data supports its safety and patients choose it.

Did you know that you can order medication abortion pills in advance?

You can ask your primary care and reproductive health providers if they’d be open to prescribing or giving you abortion pills to store for later use.

What to Know When a Pregnancy Arrest Goes Viral Everything you need to know about the Georgia abortion case

Cops shouldn’t be involved in pregnancy loss at all, but there’s a growing ER-to-prison pipeline.

A Georgia woman got charged for murder even though Georgia law does not allow for the prosecution of abortion patients.

When misinformation is more rampant than ever, research brings clarity.

Data from over 100 studies prove that abortion pills, including mifepristone, are extremely safe. (So is birth control, by the way.)

No one should have to fear that seeking medical care could result in their criminalization.

When health care professionals police patients, they only make people afraid to get the care they need, or cause lasting harm to people who are criminalized.

South Dakota Outlaws Abortion Ads—and Speech 3.23.26

Access to information about abortion is being censored.

South Dakota just made it a felony to advertise abortion care, and even providing information about how to get an abortion may be prosecutable.