Here's everything you need to know about the current medication abortion process in the U.S.
In a rare piece of good news after a year of ceaseless attacks on abortion rights in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration ruled on Tuesday that retail pharmacies—which range from CVS and Walgreens to local drugstores—will be
. Below, find all the details on what’s currently going on with medication abortion in the U.S., how this new FDA ruling will affect abortion access, and when we can expect to see it kick in.Previously, the first in the two-pill cycle used in—mifepristone—had to be accessed via specific doctors and/or mail-order pharmacies, making the prospect of obtaining a medication abortion in the post-Roe era complicated for many.
What about misoprostol, the second drug in the two-pill process that encompasses a medication abortion? Misoprostol—which causes contractions that expel pregnancy tissue and is taken 24 to 48 hours after mifepristone—has always been much easier to obtain through traditional pharmaceutic routes than its predecessor, as it is used to treat a variety of other medical conditions.Not necessarily.
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