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“We know for people who are prosecuted for their pregnancy outcomes, a significant proportion of them come to the attention of law enforcement because they sought health care, and a doctor or nurse or social worker called the police, and so that’s the part that keeps me up at night.”
President & CEO Dr. Jamila Perritt

Access to medication abortion has changed and then changed again over the past week, leaving doctors and patients confused.

The nonsurgical option used to manage abortions at home is still available, at least for now. The US Supreme Court issued a stay Monday that protects access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in a medication abortion, via telemedicine appointments or the mail. The stay is in place until next week while the high court reviews emergency appeals.

But even if the courts eventually limit access to mifepristone, medication abortion will remain an option in the United States through other methods, even in states with highly restrictive abortion laws.

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