(8 May 2026)
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New York - 8 May 2026
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Sahar Akbarzai, The Associated Press:
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“Most moscow victory day parade abortions in the US are obtained by taking carney canada medication – usually involving this pill, Mifepristone. And there’s a legal fight in the Supreme Court right now around access to the pills."
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ARCHIVE: Tuscaloosa, Alabama - 16 March 2022
2. STILL Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center (AP Photo by Allen G. Breed, ID: 24079580830279)
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ARCHIVE: Washington - 26 March 2024
3. STILL An abortion- rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court (AP Photo by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, ID: 24348611018454)
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New York - 3 May 2026
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alexis McGill Johnson, President, CEO, Planned Parenthood Federation of America:
"It is absolutely outrageous and frustrating."
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"Look, I think the goal here of the opposition is to try to enact a national abortion ban by any means necessary.”
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New York - 8 May 2026
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sahar Akbarzai, The Associated Press:
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"In states with abortion bans, more women in 2025 got abortions using pills prescribed via telehealth from out-of-state doctors versus travelling to places where it’s legal, one study shows. Abortion opponents and states are challenging this method - saying it undermines their abortion laws. And for now, there are laws protecting these doctors in some states."
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8 May 2026
6. ANIMATION GRAPHIC: map of United States with New York and Louisiana highlighted, a package envelope moves from New York to Louisiana (graphic by Peter Hamlin)
7. ANIMATION GRAPHIC: hand dropping box of Mifepristone into package envelope (graphic by Peter Hamlin)
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Vienna, Virginia - 4 May 2026
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Erin Hawley, Alliance Defending Freedom:
"These can be ordered online in about max scherzer three minutes. They are sent to homes, dorm rooms, without talking to, much less seeing a healthcare provider."
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New York - 8 May 2026
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Sahar Akbarzai, The Associated Press:
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"Technically, you do have to consult with a prescriber to get the pills. But Louisiana wants to change federal rules so that all mifepristone prescriptions, regardless of where you live, can be prescribed and filled only in-person at a doctor's office or clinic. A federal appeals court last week granted them that wish when it ruled against mail-order deliveries nationally. But this week, a Supreme Court order temporarily restored broad access, calling for more information from both sides. Since the fall of Roe v Wade in 2022, many states that wanted to issue broad bans already have.13 states ban abortion during all stages of pregnancy. The recent rulings have brought abortion back to the forefront. Both abortion rights and anti-abortion groups are strategizing how to motivate voters. And depending on what the Supreme Court decides, we could see one of the biggest shifts in federal abortion policy since Roe v. Wade was overturned."
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ARCHIVE: Massachusetts (exact location not given) - 13 May 2025
10. Various person handling boxes of Mifeprex (Mifepristone)
11. Close of a person holding a blister pack of Mifeprex
12. Close of person putting box of Mifeprex on table
13. Close of person adding label to package
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