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Journal publisher retracts studies used by Texas judge who ruled to suspend use of abortion pill

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By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The academic publisher Sage Publications has retracted studies used by a Texas judge in a ruling that would suspend federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The retractions, Sage said, were based on unreliable data and conflicts of interest around the autho…

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  1. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Studies cited in case over abortion pill are retracted due to flaws and conflicts of interest | News Channel 3-12 (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    Studies cited in case over abortion pill are retracted due to flaws and conflicts of interest

  2. Fox News

    Key study in FDA abortion pill case at the Supreme Court was retracted in 'partisan assault' authors say (opens Fox News)

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    A key study in the case against the FDA’s abortion pill approval at the Supreme Court has been retracted from an academic journal in a 'partisan assault' its authors claim.

  3. WOWK Charleston

    Studies cited in case over abortion pill are retracted due to flaws and conflicts of interest (opens WOWK Charleston)

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    A medical journal has retracted two studies claiming to show the harms of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing conflicts of interest by the authors and flaws in their research. Two of the three studies retracted by medical publisher Sage Perspectives were cited in a pivotal Texas court ruling that…

  4. Local News 8

    Journal publisher retracts studies used by Texas judge who ruled to suspend use of abortion pill (opens Local News 8)

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    By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The academic publisher Sage Publications has retracted studies used by a Texas judge in a ruling that would suspend federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The retractions, Sage said, were based on unreliable data and conflicts of interest around the autho…

  5. MedicalXpress

    Journal publisher retracts two studies cited in abortion pill access case (opens MedicalXpress)

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    Two studies that warned of the harms of the abortion pill have been retracted by the journals

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