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The number of abortions in the U.S. rose again in 2024, with women continuing to find ways to get them despite bans and restrictions in many states, according to a report out Monday. The latest report from the WeCount project of the Society of Family Planning, which supports abortion access, was released a day before the third anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended nearly 50 years of legal abortion nationally for most of pregnancy. (Mulvihill, 6/23)

One of the largest crisis pregnancy center support groups in the United States is telling its member clinics to avoid performing prenatal ultrasounds on women who they suspect have ectopic pregnancies, according to recordings obtained by NBC News of a recent presentation by a legal group that advises the faith-based nonprofits. The guidance comes in the wake of a lawsuit against a Massachusetts center that misdiagnosed an ectopic pregnancy. (Brooks, 6/23)

Out-of-state doctors are pushing for laws that will make it harder to detect who prescribes and sends abortion medication, as anti-abortion lawmakers look for ways to stop the flow of pills to their states. (Luthra, 6/23)

A retired Laramie County district judge heard arguments on June 23 to temporarily block part of a new state law that would exclude the use of abortion pills, among others, for off-label uses. (Clements, 6/23)

A government watchdog says it’s unclear when — or even whether — we’ll know going forward how the end of national abortion protections impact Americans’ health outcomes, livelihoods and financial futures as the federal government turns away from abortion data collection indefinitely. (Carrazana, 6/23)

New moms can donate their placentas under a Mercy Health initiative called Beginnings and Blessings. The program, which rolled out a year ago and has since expanded to six Mercy hospitals across the state, is the first step in the processing, manufacturing and distribution of donated birth tissue. (Schrappen, 6/23)

AI is making its way into women’s health in unusual ways, from a sanitary napkin that can predict ovarian cancer to an algorithm trained to detect patterns of endometriosis years before traditional diagnostic methods. In Miami, women’s health leaders say this is a new era of AI, enabling earlier diagnoses, more personalized treatments, and long-overdue attention to female medical conditions that have historically been misunderstood. (Goodman, 6/23)

Â鶹ŮÓÅ Health News: Push To Move OB-GYN Exam Out Of Texas Is Piece Of AGs’ Broader Reproductive Rights Campaign

Democratic state attorneys general led by those from California, New York, and Massachusetts are pressuring medical professional groups to defend reproductive rights, including medication abortion, emergency abortions, and travel between states for health care in response to recent increases in the number of abortion bans. The American Medical Association adopted a formal position June 9 recommending that medical certification exams be moved out of states with restrictive abortion policies or made virtual, after 20 attorneys general petitioned to protect physicians who fear legal repercussions because of their work. (Sciacca, 6/24)

Mifepristone (Korlym) reduced HbA1c levels in patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes and hypercortisolism, a randomized placebo-controlled trial showed. Among 136 patients, the least squares mean change in HbA1c was -1.47% with mifepristone versus -0.15% with placebo at 24 weeks (P<0.001), reported John Buse, MD, PhD, of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) annual meeting. (Monaco, 6/23)