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Planned Parenthood reports a record 434,450 abortions nationwide, highlighting concerns over the increasing use of abortion pills that pose significant health risks, especially to rural women. In Alaska, a bill proposing to expand access to abortion pills through pharmacies raises safety concerns due to the lack of medical oversight and emergency care in remote areas.

A Juneau abortion-rights PAC is involved in the October 6 local races. These races do not have authority over abortion law.

A temporary federal policy that cut off Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood expired on July 4, 2026, restoring federal reimbursements for non-abortion services such as cancer screenings and contraception. Alaska has not enacted its own restrictions, so Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood clinics in the state have resumed.

Alaska House Bill 195, sponsored by Rep. Genevieve Mina, is set for a public hearing in House Finance on April 13 to consider expanding pharmacists' authority to dispense abortion-inducing medications without a prior physician exam. The bill aims to improve access to care in rural Alaska amid physician shortages but faces opposition from Republicans seeking to exclude abortion drugs from the expanded pharmacist services.