States Move to Keep Doctors’ Names Off of Abortion Pill Prescription Labels - The Nevada Independent

States move to keep doctors’ names off of abortion pill prescription labels • Nevada Current

(Peter Dazeley/GettyImages) This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet Shefali and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. Out-of-state doctors are pushing for laws that will make it harder to detect who prescribes and sends abortion medication, as anti-abortion lawmakers look for ways to stop the flow of pills to their states. Patients have continued to receive abortion pills in states with near-to…

States move to keep doctors’ names off of abortion pill prescription labels - The Nevada Independent

Doctors across the country are pushing to hide the name of the prescriber from the labels of mifepristone and misoprostol — the two drugs used in medication abortions.

States move to keep doctors' names off of abortion pill prescription labels

Abortion medication is seen in this photo shown in photo, in 2016. Doctors in states where abortion remains legal are pushing for laws to keep doctors' names of prescriptions to prevent prosecutions from states with near-total bans. (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images) This story was originally reported by Shefali Luthra of The 19th. Meet Shefali and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. Out-of-state doctors are pushing for laws tha…

Abortion-by-Mail Surging — Even in States Where It’s Banned | June 24, 2025

The number of abortions in the U.S. continued to climb in 2024, driven in part by a dramatic increase in telemedicine access, especially in states that have enacted near-total bans on the procedure, according to a new report. One in four abortions at the end of 2024 were reportedly conducted using abortion pills mailed to patients, compared to just 7% at the end of 2022, a new report by the Society of Family Planning found. Nearly half of those m

Three Years After Dobbs, a Coordinated Campaign Aims to Eliminate Abortion Pills Nationwide

Medication abortion has become the most popular form of abortion in the U.S. post-Dobbs, providing potentially lifesaving access to people residing in states with abortion bans in place. Because of this, the antiabortion right-wing machine’s dogged attacks on mifepristone should be seen for what they are: an attempt at a backdoor national abortion ban. Revoking access to mifepristone is key in the antiabortion machine’s fight to maintain control…

Prescribers Push to Keep Their Names Off Labels for Abortion Medication

Out-of-state doctors are pushing for laws that will make it harder to detect who prescribes and sends abortion medication, as anti-abortion lawmakers look for ways to stop the flow of pills to their states. Patients have continued to receive abortion pills in states with near-total bans, so much so that the number of abortions has actually increased since the fall of Roe v. Wade… Source