Supreme Court to decide fate of Mifepristone: A deep dive into Texas abortion medication lawsuitAt the center of the Texas medication abortion lawsuit lies mifepristone, a drug developed by Danco Laboratories, embroiled in a contentiou...
09 Sep, 2023, 07.28 PM IST
US Supreme Court extends access to abortion pill to FridayThe Biden administration and New York-based Danco Laboratories, the maker of the drug, want the nation's highest court to reject limits on ...
20 Apr, 2023, 06.42 AM IST
DeSantis signs Florida GOP's 6-week abortion ban into lawThe governor's office said in a statement late Thursday that he had signed the legislation. The ban gives DeSantis a key political victory ...
14 Apr, 2023, 05.31 PM IST
What is Mifepristone and why is it being banned in the US?Mifepristone is considered the “standard of care” for medication abortion and miscarriage treatment, according to Hayley McMahon, a public ...
08 Apr, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
New US rule on abortion pills decodedThe first (mifepristone) blocks the pregnancy, and the second (misoprostol) provokes bleeding to empty the uterus. The biggest issues surro...
08 Jan, 2023, 11.29 AM IST
'Onion water flu cure' trends on TikTok, doctors scoff at 'health hack'Water-drenched onions are being peddled as 'miracle cure' on TikTok.
22 Dec, 2022, 09.05 AM IST
Abortion Pill: What is Japan debating?In such a regressive approach, Japanese women are not allowed to take birthing decisions alone as they will need their partner’s consent to...
31 Aug, 2022, 06.23 PM IST
Instagram and Facebook remove posts offering abortion pillsSuch social media posts ostensibly aimed to help women living in states where preexisting laws banning abortion suddenly snapped into effec...
28 Jun, 2022, 07.36 PM IST
Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden: Where they stand on health, economy, moreTrump, like many fellow Republicans, holds out tax reductions and regulatory cuts as economic imperatives and frames himself as a conservat...
13 Oct, 2020, 10.01 AM IST
Sushant S Rajput wanted to do farming in Coorg but aborted plan due to Rhea, says actor’s father in FIR; Swamy writes to PM seeking CBI probeThe actor’s father has also raised questions about the doctors who treated Rajput.
31 Jul, 2020, 03.22 PM IST
In emergency, you can visit blacklisted hospital: IRDAIEarlier claims were admissible in a blacklisted hospital only in case of emergency accidents. Now, that allowance has been extended to emer...
11 Feb, 2020, 10.39 AM IST
Bihar: New policy for population control to be ready soonBihar was one of the seven states called to participate in the first public consultation scheduled by the Niti Aayog last week on populatio...
28 Dec, 2019, 04.26 PM IST
5,80,100 abortions performed in Assam every year: ReportAn estimated 90% of the abortions occurring in health facilities in the State are surgical, while about 10% are done using Medical Methods ...
20 Aug, 2019, 01.41 PM IST
Kashmir: Pushed into an abyss of trauma with over usage of pleasure drugsDecades of militancy have pushed Kashmir into an abyss of trauma. Among the new ills: soaring sales of over-the-counter pleasure drugs, ris...
27 Jul, 2013, 12.47 PM IST
- Savita giving me strength to fight for justice, says husband
The husband of an Indian dentist, who died after being refused an abortion in Ireland, has credited his departed wife for the strength to c...
19 Jan, 2013, 07.02 PM IST
- Panel recommends incentives for promoting two-child norm
A panel has suggested that Rs 50,000 should be paid to women from the BPL category, who marry after the age of 19 and have their first chil...
25 Sep, 2011, 06.03 PM IST
As far away from the truth as beforePro-choicers, people who favour or support the right of women to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy to term, believe that the tr...
18 Nov, 2008, 12.00 AM IST