Several Democratic lawmakers accused the VA of trying to avoid public scrutiny in bypassing the formal rule change process.

Washington state law has recognized pharmacists as health care providers since 1979, allowing them to prescribe many medications approved by the FDA. (Photo: Wichayada Suwanachun/Getty Images) A ...

Pharmacists prescribing abortion pills, as opposed to only dispensing them with a doctor’s prescription, could be the next frontier in the fight over abortion policy at the state level. A test program ...

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Washington state's first-in-the-nation stockpile of abortion drugs will serve as insurance against future lawsuits seeking to ban the procedure nationwide or a second ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — On Saturday, the Democratic budget writers in the Washington State Senate and House of Representatives unveiled a final budget plan for the upcoming biennium - one that includes an $8 ...

Another year of action and uncertainty in America’s abortion care system is coming to a close, after states that weighed in on abortion rights in the 2024 election continue to grapple with the impact ...

The Veterans Affairs Department is reimposing a near total ban on abortions for veterans and their families that was modified ...

Abortion policy at the federal and state levels has continued to shift in the United States three and a half years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson ...

In Washington and 17 other states where abortion is still legal, telehealth orders for abortion medication have doubled since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Anna Fiastro, a ...

WASHINGTON -- A critical week in the battle over abortion rights -- what activists are calling the "fight of a generation" -- kicked off in the U.S. Senate on Monday, with Democrats preparing to force ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – With days left in office, Washington Governor Jay Inslee issued a directive on Friday, aiming to codify emergency abortion access in the state. Directive 25-01 instructs the ...

A Washington-based nonprofit has launched a program training pharmacists to prescribe abortion medications via telehealth, a model that organizers hope other states will adopt to expand abortion ...