Medication Abortion

New York is set to destroy about 150,000 expired misoprostol abortion pills purchased in 2023 for $112,000, which were never used and will not be replenished. The stockpile was created under Gov.

The Northeast Notebook covers Massachusetts ballot questions, the Albany budget, and issues related to abortion pills. The mention of the Albany budget indicates a connection to New York state government matters.

Red states are taking a case involving mail order abortion pills to the Supreme Court. The outcome could impact abortion pill access nationwide, including in New York.

New York state stockpiled abortion pills, but all of the pills have now expired. This development affects the availability of abortion medication in New York.

Louisiana, Alabama, and Arkansas filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court against New York, Massachusetts, and California challenging abortion shield laws that protect providers who mail abortion pills to patients in states with abortion bans. This legal action marks the first time states with abortion bans have directly sued states with abortion shield laws, escalating the conflict between states with opposing abortion policies.

Anti-abortion demonstrators protested outside the Department of Health and Human Services calling for a ban on abortion pills. The protest took place in Buffalo, New York.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced federal lawsuits against New York, California, and Massachusetts for enabling mail-order abortions by refusing to extradite abortionists charged with sending abortion pills into Louisiana, where elective abortion is banned. The state argues that these 'shield' laws violate Louisiana's sovereignty and criminal laws, citing cases where mailed abortion drugs resulted in the deaths of babies and harm to women, and is also challenging the FDA's 2023 policy allowing telehealth prescribing and mail delivery of abortion pills in federal court.

Mayday Health is a New York-based organization formed by three politically connected individuals to promote abortion pills in states where abortion is banned, funded by millions from leftist nonprofits and prominent liberal donors including George Soros. Tax documents reveal that Mayday received substantial funding through entities like the Hopewell Fund, the Ford Foundation, and donor-advised charities linked to abortion advocacy, while engaging in public stunts and campaigns to instruct women on defying pro-life state laws.

New York City’s 2023 abortion statistics were published online as part of the city’s vital statistics report in early 2026. This data does not include the number of mail-order abortion drugs prescribed by licensed abortion providers in other states to New York City residents or the number of self-managed abortions performed by women outside of […] The post Abortion Reporting: New York City (2023) appeared first on Lozier Institute .