ANSIRH

05/29/2026

Telehealth abortion care is safe.

ANSIRH researcher Dr. Ushma Upadhya studied the safety and efficacy of telehealth abortion medication, eventually gathering data from more than 6,000 patients — 98% needed no additional care for their abortion.

One in four abortions in the U.S. rely on telehealth access to mifepristone, but antiabortion activists want to ban it

05/07/2026

Abortion is an economic issue – and voters know it.

Having a child is one of the biggest economic decisions people will make, and we deserve the freedom to make that choice on our own terms.

Eight in ten Americans support legal abortion. The question for candidates in 2026 is whether they will meet people where they are — or continue to ignore an issue that voters see as central to the…

05/05/2026

Abortion rates have increased overall, but medically necessary abortion care is harder to access than ever.

Abortion bans are increasing maternal mortality and morbidity, and at least six women have already died because of them.

Abortion bans are failing.

04/30/2026

Access to abortion is critical to the safety and autonomy of people experiencing abuse.

It’s no wonder that abusers are often the plaintiffs of anti-abortion lawsuits.

Allegations of domestic violence have turned yet another abortion-pill case into "a PR disaster."

04/28/2026

New research shows we could safely provide abortion pills over the counter.

ANSIRH director Dr. Daniel Grossman says that in a moment of so much restriction, “It’s exciting to see science pointing us in another direction, where access could be expanded.”

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04/24/2026

Pregnancies are too complicated to legislate.

A new Texas law that tries to carve out medical exceptions to abortion bans leaves massive gaps that put patients at risk and still leaves doctors vulnerable to criminalization.

The course includes examples of when abortion is permitted to protect the life of the patient, but many experts say the complications women face in pregnancy are impossible to capture in a brief presentation.

04/21/2026

A new ANSIRH study shows that most people seeking medication abortion were able to determine if they were eligible based on a prototype label.

This is part of growing evidence that supports making medication abortions available over-the-counter.

Researchers tested prototype product package and drug facts label

04/14/2026

Adoption is a complicated parenting decision.

Abortion is a pregnancy decision.

They’re not the same.

04/08/2026

Americans “see adoption as a way of ensuring better lives for children who might otherwise not have homes or parents at all,” explains ANSIRH researcher Gretchen Sisson. “These beliefs are rarely rooted in reality.”

In Gretchen Sisson's "Relinquished," newly out in paperback.