In The Press

Stay informed with the latest news and updates about our work and its impact on reproductive health and access to care. Here, you’ll find a selection of media coverage and announcements related to our ongoing efforts and the broader conversation about medication abortion services.  

Television

  • UW study: Telehealth abortion requests doubled after Roe v. Wade overturned (October 2025) link

News Articles  

  • Seattle Times: Abortion rights rally urges WA lawmakers to push back on Trump agenda Times (January 2025) link

  • Science Blog: Distance From Clinics Drives Telehealth Use for Abortion Medication (January 2025) link

  • National Public Radio: In Washington state, pharmacists are poised to start prescribing abortion drugs (January 2024) link  

  • NBC News: More nonpregnant women are requesting abortion pills to have on hand (January 2024) link  

  • U.S. News: Telehealth Services Can Help Women Access, Understand Medical Abortion (September 2023) link  

  • Time: Advocates Urge Biden and FDA to Do More Ahead of Texas Abortion Pill Ruling (March 2023) link  

  • The Conversation: How Primary Care Is Poised to Support Reproductive Health and Abortion in the Post-Roe Era (August 2022) link  

  • FOX 13 Seattle: New UW Study on Effective Dispensing of Abortion Medications via Telehealth Services (July 2022) link  

  • The Washington Post: Explainer: What’s Next for Abortion Pills After the Fall of Roe (July 2022) link  

  • The Daily Beast: Dozens of providers in Red States move to prescribe Abortion Pills (July 2022) link  

  • Associated Press: Research Shows Medication Abortions Are Safe (June 2022) link  

  • Time: Inside the Effort to Promote Abortion Pills For a Post-Roe America (May 2022) link  

  • ABC News: Better Birth Control Hasn’t Made Abortion Obsolete (May 2022) link  

  • The Seattle Times: Abortion Is a Health Care Issue, Not a Legal One — Allow Pills by Mail (May 2022) link  

  • The Conversation: Yes, it’s easier to get birth control than it was in the 1970s – but women still need abortion care (January 2022) link  

  • Prevention Magazine: The FDA Will Allow Abortion Pills to Be Sent by Mail-Why It’s a Win for Reproductive Health (December 2021) link  

  • Scientific American: The FDA Should Remove Its Restrictions on the “Abortion Pill” Mifepristone (August 2021) link  

  • Ms. Magazine: How Telemedicine Startups Are Revolutionizing Abortion Health Care in the U.S. (November 2020) link  

Press Releases

  • Telehealth abortion requests doubled after Dobbs decision (October 2025) link
  • Distance affects use of telehealth to access abortion pills (January 2025) link

  • More out-of-state patients seek abortions in Wash. (May 2024) link  

  • Primary care overlooked in medication-abortion debate (May 2024) link  

  • Study supports telehealth model for medication abortion (January 2024) link