“The U.S. is becoming a tale of two countries in terms of abortion access and abortion policy,” said @ushma.bsky.social. But, she added, “All of this legislation will never take away from the fact that women will continue to need abortion care, and continue to get abortion care."

“The U.S. is becoming a tale of two countries in terms of abortion access and abortion policy." @ushma.bsky.social talks to @nytimes.com about the patchwork of abortion laws in the US and how no matter what, people will need abortion care

27% of abortions in the first half of this year were provided via telehealth. @ushma.bsky.social highlights that "telehealth has become a lifeline for people accessing abortion care, especially those in states with abortion bans."

IT'S HERE! Our research on how TV tackled abortion in 2025. Some notable findings: 📺 only 37% of shows featured a character who actually had an abortion, down past years 📺 the return of several troubling themes, notably the association of abortion w/shame & death www.ansirh.org/research/res...

A new report shows Tennesseans increasingly relying on telehealth to obtain abortion care after the state’s ban. @ushma.bsky.social, report co-chair, says telehealth has become “a lifeline” for people seeking care in states with bans Read from @anitawadhwani.bsky.social, @tennesseelookout.com:

Abortion nationwide has increased since Roe was overturned. The latest data from @SocietyFP’s #WeCount Study is clear: Abortion bans don’t stop people from needing or obtaining abortions.

Telehealth has “become a lifeline” for women seeking to end their pregnancies, especially those who live under abortion bans, said @ushma.bsky.social, co-chair of #WeCount, to @washingtonpost.com. wapo.st/3MN5hfi

According to #WeCount results from last year, 1 out of 4 abortions was provided via telehealth. “All of this legislation will never take away from the fact that women will continue to need abortion care, and continue to get abortion care.” - @ushma.bsky.social

Medication abortion is common, safe, and effective. @ushma.bsky.social and @drdgrossman.bsky.social of @ansirh.bsky.social debunk false information pushed by Florida's attorney general

A misleading report is being used to undermine trust in Mifepristone. The report’s authors “clearly misconstrued and used deceptive methods to erroneously inflate the rate of serious adverse events after an abortion,” said @ushma.bsky.social.

Mayor Pete has the right to marry because the gay men and lesbians who came before him fought for it. It was a movement based our identities in the plural sense as LGBTQ Americans. Pander somewhere else fella.

“What they need to do is look at the published literature on telehealth for medication abortion, and what they would find is that it is as safe and effective as in-person care." @ushma.bsky.social of @ansirh.bsky.social discusses the FDA's questionable review of medication abortion safety

Hallelujah! We passed prop 50!!

Anti-abortion advocates are pushing for review of the drug’s safety, claiming there’s “new evidence to consider” based on new junk science reports that were put up on the internet. pennsylvaniaindependent.com/reproductive...

“If the FDA were to do an actual review based on gold-standard science, I think they would actually end up removing the barriers that remain on mifepristone." ANSIRH's @ushma.bsky.social to @sciam.bsky.social #AbortionAccurate

Congratulations to Society Board member Blair Darney, PhD, MLH for her appointment as incoming Editor-in-Chief of Contraception, the official journal of the Society of Family Planning. www.contraceptionjournal.org

Missouri appeals court rules against attorney general, allows abortions to continue www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

"With this new one, it’s possible that the price could come down further," ANSIRH'S @ushma.bsky.social told Newsday, "which would really increase access, especially for people [living in states] with abortion bans who have these tremendous barriers to abortion care."

Big moment for me, my first-ever publication credit! The Digital Defense Fund team contributed to this paper on practical data privacy practices for research with abortion seekers, including those facing the most serious threats. Just out in Contraception: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Research on pregnancy has become a lot harder to study because of concerns about causing any sort of harm to the fetus could potentially invoke fetal personhood laws or #abortion laws. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

At least 101 studies in 26 countries over three decades have found that medication abortions are very safe. But the FDA is reevaluating access to medication abortion pills based on one politically motivated junk-science “study.” This is unacceptable. www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/h...

ANSIRH's @ushma.bsky.social put together a 9-point review of the report's major flaws. Very little information is provided about the source of the data, and the level of risk the report found to be associated with mifepristone is overstated. www.ansirh.org/research/res...

Proud to have signed on to this letter, along with many other colleagues in the field (including @guttmacher.org researchers @cbpolis.bsky.social , @megankavanaugh.bsky.social, Kathryn Kost, Rachel Jones, Ann Moore and Beth Sully)

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

If they can’t outlaw abortion pills, anti-abortion activists will try to make them impossible to access. Costco just caved to pressure to stop selling mifepristone.

Today we submitted a letter with @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social to the FDA signed by over 200 scientists. The short version? Medication abortion is safe. Time to drop the junk science and move on. law.ucla.edu/reproductive...

I'm proud to have signed this and furious that it was necessary. The science is clear: mifepristone is safe. The current efforts to throw that science into question shouldn't even be worthy of consideration, let alone debunking.

I am proud to have helped draft and be lead signer on our letter urging the FDA to follow the gold-standard science on mifepristone for medication #abortion!

Medical Abortion: Action Needed to Ensure Compliance with Medicaid Drug Rebate Program GAO-25-107911 Published: Aug 26, 2026. Publicly Released: Aug 26, 2025. www.gao.gov/products/gao...

Costco said it won’t sell Mifepristone for medication #abortion. Watch this 11-minute, fact-packed discussion on why this matters. Non-members might shrug. But for #Costco fans, it’s alarming—Costco isn’t just bulk toilet paper. It’s a shopping dreamland, and what it chooses not to carry matters.

Medication abortion is extremely safe. Pharmacies should be able to stock it and dispense it. "We know pharmacies dispense other drugs with much greater risks without all these restrictions and certification requirements," said @ushma.bsky.social in @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2023/01...

Oh Costco, just yesterday I admired you so. Today, you've crushed me. 😥 #CostcoDisappointment #abortion 🎁 link: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Really enjoyed talking to Lizzy McNeill on the BBC More or Less podcast about trends in abortion provision post Dobbs (along with @ushma.bsky.social !) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Ready to dive into the latest data on how abortion volume is shifting across the US? Explore our newly revamped #WeCount page, where you can build your own custom charts and downloadable tables using the new data explorer. societyfp.org/research/wec...

As an #NIH employee, I support our #EPA colleagues in their #DeclarationofDissent. You can sign it, too. #FEDStrong

Society members Elisa Wells, MPH and Jennifer Karlin, MD, PhD are featured in this recent NPR article about the safety of and access to self-managed abortion care. www.npr.org/2025/06/22/g...

And while we’re at it, if Texas can put age requirements for porn sites, then California can put age requirements for any site about guns. And with what we know about FOX News harming seniors, age limits for watching that channel. DO IT.

If the FDA wants data about medication abortion, we've got it. "The evidence for medication abortion’s safety is overwhelming and crystal clear. The FDA’s job is simple: follow the science, not second-guess it," write @ushma.bsky.social and Kiki Freedman in @thehill.com

Thank you for spotlighting the rock-solid science behind the abortion pill—and helping cut through the noise with facts that matter.

"Makary, who proudly calls himself a 'data guy' should have no trouble acknowledging that the science behind mifepristone is rock solid—and it hasn’t changed." 📣My new op-ed with @heyjane.com's Kiki Fredman that calls on @fda.gov to trust the data on the #abortion pill! thehill.com/opinion/heal...

It's the 3rd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. As Co-Chair of @societyfp.bsky.social's #WeCount Project, I wanted to share some of our latest findings. 👇 The U.S. saw just over 1 million abortions in 2024. societyfp.org/research/wec...

Mifepristone is the first (and extremely safe) of two medications that people will take during a medication abortion—and access to it is under attack in the courts. ANSIRH expert @ushma.bsky.social‬ discussed these attacks on @reprosfightback.bsky.social‬.

This not only eliminates hope for a vaccine going forward, but also undoes all the progress that has been made so far. The only explanation for these insane policy shifts is that they wrongly view HIV as a disease that only affects gay people and Africans, and want them to die.

“he is trying to please overlords while saying things he must know are false." Another said that while Bh*ttach*rya had once been "respected," "now he sounds like a joke, an ignorant political hack, every time he speaks...he comes across as someone who has sold his soul."

Denying lifesaving care, threatening doctors — Trump’s policies are deadly. And if women die because of them, that’s not a side effect. It’s his goal. apnews.com/article/abor... administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions

🚨 New Episode 🚨 This week on @reprosfightback.bsky.social I talked to the wonderful @ushma.bsky.social with @ansirh.bsky.social and Julia Kay with @aclu.org about Project 2025 Abortion Pill Pseudo-Study and the threats to access to mifepristone. #podcast

“We should all be alarmed that the people in charge of our public health institutions are calling for a review of the science based on an unvetted and flawed report,” said ANSIRH researcher @ushma.bsky.social‬

“The FDA could be doing even more to eliminate medically unjustified barriers to these medications. Instead, there is now an effort to use junk science as a basis for even more restrictions." @ushma.bsky.social of @ansirh.bsky.social on baseless attacks on mifepristone

No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss

“We should all be alarmed that the people in charge of our public health institutions are calling for a review of the science based on an unvetted and flawed report." - @ushma.bsky.social‬ www.nbcnews.com/health/women...