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Research group at UCSF πŸ“ŠπŸ”πŸ“ We're committed to advancing reproductive well-being through science.

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Having a medication abortion via telehealth is more common than ever, and we have years of research proving that it is safe and effective.

07.03.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anti-abortion extremists are trying to stop us from accessing medication abortion.

What they aren’t saying is that those pills are also essential for patients experiencing a miscarriage.

Abortion restrictions hurt everyone. Period.

06.03.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œProfessional” Program Redefinition Endangers the US Healthcare Workforce Nurse practitioners are a lifeline for the millions of Americans who live in healthcare deserts: 87% are trained as primary care providers, and 80% care for Medicaid patients. Yet an obscure commit…

Nurse practitioners are a lifeline for the millions of Americans who live in healthcare deserts. Yet an obscure committee now promises to strip them of access to educational funds, putting the healthcare system, the nursing workforce, and patients at risk.

06.03.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reasons for Choosing Telehealth Abortion Based on Food Insecurity Status: United States, 2021–2022 | AJPH | Vol. Issue Objectives. To determine differences in reasons for choosing telehealth abortion based on food insecurity status. Methods. We analyzed data from the California Home Abortion by Telehealth (CHAT)…

A new study found individuals who experienced food insecurity were more likely to choose telehealth abortion because of economic constraints, like cost, challenges in finding transportation, and difficulty with finding child care.

05.03.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No one knows your life better than you do.

Our research shows that people are experts in their own lives and know when having an abortion is the best decision for them.

05.03.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Turnaway Study shows those who are denied access to abortion care face significantly increased risk of long-term domestic violence.

Abuse can begin for the first time, or ongoing abuse is likely to escalate during pregnancy.

04.03.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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While AI for health care is frequently discussed, AI’s relationship to abortion has received limited attention.

A new paper surveys data on AI and abortion to date, and proposes an Abortion AI research agenda. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

03.03.2026 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exposing Republicans' Bad-Faith Abortion 'Coercion' Obsession They're pretending to care about abuse victims

Telemedicine abortion pills account for nearly 30% of all abortionsβ€”and nearly all abortions in banned states.

That’s why anti-abortion activists are so desperate to obstruct access to the pills.

01.03.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Medication abortion is safe and effective, including when provided through telehealth.

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

28.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is horrifying.

27.02.2026 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Abortion bans hurt families.

When women are denied an abortion, they are at higher risk of poor bonding with their new babies, and their existing children are also more likely to be raised in poverty and less likely to meet developmental milestones.

26.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The harrowing experience of being pregnant in post-Roe America Ali Velshi reports on the dangers of being pregnant in post-Roe America and how strict abortion laws are costing women their lives.

Pregnancy does not reduce medical risk; it often increases it.

But abortion bans make providers afraid to provide lifesaving medical care to pregnant people, making pregnancy in America dangerous.

25.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Abortion pills remain undefeated post-Dobbs.

The antiabortion movement has tried so many different things, and the net result is a total of 0 seconds post-Dobbs that abortion pills have been further restricted. ZERO.

On the flip side, they are cheaper and more available than ever.

24.02.2026 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today, Louisiana is asking a federal court to reinstate medically unnecessary, burdensome restrictions that would effectively end telehealth access to mifepristone nationwide.

Let's be clear: medication abortion via telehealth is safe and effective. This is about limiting patient access.

24.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least 101 studies in 26 countries over three decades have found that medication abortions are very safe. Pass it on.

24.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Abortion clinics are continuing to close, even in key access hubs like New York and Illinois.

There are about a dozen fewer brick-and-mortar abortion clinics in the US than there were two years ago.

23.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Turnaway Study followed thousands of women seeking abortion care, and one thing stood out to researchers–these women understood the circumstances of their lives and why an abortion was the right decision for them.

22.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Year Without Adriana Smith 2.19.26

It’s been just over one year since the world lost Adriana Smithβ€”the Georgia woman whose body was forcibly kept alive after suffering brain death because she was pregnant.

Her mother, April Newkirk, asks that we remember Adriana.

21.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There Was One Ad During The Super Bowl That People Aren’t Talking About. It Horrified Me. "It’s a trap draped in the language of bravery. It is dangerous, expensive propaganda."

Adoption is complex and often traumatic.

Gretchen Sisson’s research found that most women who β€œchose” adoption would not have done so if they had as little as $5,000 in support.

www.huffpost.com/entry/super-...

20.02.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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.…

Listen to ANSIRH's @ushma.bsky.social discuss abortion misinformation on the Unchecked podcast. 🎧️

19.02.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Abortion is a safe, common health care service to end a pregnancy.

One in four women will have an abortion by the age of 45.

19.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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There Was One Ad During The Super Bowl That People Aren’t Talking About. It Horrified Me. "It’s a trap draped in the language of bravery. It is dangerous, expensive propaganda."

"To me, as a mother who was manipulated into relinquishing her son, this 'third option' [of adoption] isn’t a bridge β€” it’s a trap draped in the language of bravery. It is dangerous, expensive propaganda."

18.02.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Breaking: Another Kentucky Woman Arrested for Miscarriage She's sobbing in her mugshot

Punishing someone for having a miscarriage is unconscionable, but since the Dobbs decision, there have been at least 400 pregnancy-related arrests.

18.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pregnant Women Die at Higher Rates When States Restrict Abortion Study examines the impact of changes starting in 2005

Abortion restrictions are extremely dangerous.

Research shows that state abortion restrictions put in place during the last two decades have resulted in more women dying during or after childbirth.

17.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your reason for having an abortion is good enough.

You know what is best for you and your future.

16.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They're Coming for Our Daughters The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures

.@JessicaValenti writes about how conservatives are scrapping sex education, fighting to ban ads from pro-choice groups that share information about abortion care, and even trying to make websites sharing information about abortion care illegal.

jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...

15.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œFrom the tradwife explosion to MAHA disinformation about birth control, conservatives are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into convincing the next generation that the rapid erosion of their rights isn’t a political and moral crisisβ€”but a lifestyle upgrade.”

15.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Banning abortion has serious economic consequences.

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

14.02.2026 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Incomplete Story of Menopause: Where Medical Racism, Patriarchy and White Empiricism Intersect The incomplete story of menopause: Medical racism, patriarchy and white empiricism intersect to impact women’s health, especially Black women.

Our understanding of menopause β€œwill remain incomplete until we have our research and clinical care guided by the menopausal experiences of those who experience it,” writes ANSIRH researcher Monica McLemore.

13.02.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shield laws have held up so far, but a new anti-abortion Texas statute means to test them β€’ Florida Phoenix A law set to take effect in early December gives Texans the power to sue anyone involved in mailing abortion pills to the state, from drug companies to doctors. Whether Texas’ statute can puncture…

A law set to take effect in early December gives Texans the power to sue anyone involved in mailing abortion pills to the state, from drug companies to doctors.

12.02.2026 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0