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Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., stopped providing emergency contraceptives due to the state's abortion ban, then reversed course.

Major health system stops, then resumes Plan B amid Missouri's abortion ban ambiguity

6:00pm June 29, 2022

by Savannah Hawley

Saint Luke's Health System, which operates several hospitals in the Kansas City area, said it was concerned about the risk of criminal prosecution by offering the emergency contraceptive.

This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 pr

The U.S. will offer nearly 300,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine in the coming weeks

9:56pm June 28, 2022

by William Stone

The Department of Health and Human Services will make 296,000 doses available in the coming weeks, and expects a total of 1.6 million doses to be available in the U.S. by the end of the year.

The 2021 study found that 32% of pharmacies did not have levonorgestrel, a hormone that can prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, in stock at all, and of the pharmacies that did have it on the shelf, 70% of them kept it in a locked box.

Emergency contraception pills are safe and effective, but not always available

10:28am June 28, 2022

by Maria Godoy

To best protect against unintended pregnancy, emergency contraceptives like Plan B or Ella need to be taken within five days of unprotected sex, but a large number of pharmacies don't stock the pills.

The drug misoprostol sits on a gynecological table at Casa Fusa, a health center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021.

Instagram and Facebook begin removing posts offering abortion pills

10:24am June 28, 2022

by The Associated Press

Social media posts ostensibly aimed to help women living in states where preexisting laws banning abortion suddenly snapped into effect last Friday.

Danilo Manimtim and his wife, Marilou, had identical cataract surgeries, but the charges were drastically different — even though the Fresno, California, couple were covered by the same health plan.

Health & Safety

He and his wife both got cataract surgery. His bill was 20 times higher than hers

5:07am June 27, 2022

by Angela Hart / Kaiser Health News

Whether a simple operation is performed under the auspices of a hospital or at an independent surgery center can make a huge difference in cost.

Health & Safety

Where to find emergency contraception now that Roe is gone

5:02pm June 26, 2022

by Maria Godoy

With access to safe and legal abortions coming into question, emergency contraception will be more important than ever. However, finding that contraception at the local pharmacy is no easy task.

An OB/GYN in Texas reflects how the end of Roe will affect her work

5:02pm June 26, 2022

Just days after Roe was overturned, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi, who had offered abortion care as part of her practice.

Health & Safety

Answering immediate questions on abortion rights after the Supreme Court decision

8:42am June 26, 2022

by Elissa Nadworny

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Mary Ziegler of the UC Davis School of Law about uncertainties and likely legal battles in post-Roe America.

Texas has banned almost all abortions — but it's taken decades

8:04am June 26, 2022

by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán | The Texas Newsroom

Nine years ago, state Sen. Wendy Davis stopped a vote on a bill that would have forced Texas abortion facilities to close. Now abortions will soon be illegal in the state with few exceptions.

Health & Safety

Abortion providers shift practices as states enact bans

11:43am June 25, 2022

by Laura Benshoff

When Dr. Maya Bass moved from Oklahoma to Philadelphia, she would regularly fly back to her former home state to perform abortions. Now, she has a different plan.

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