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What Is Medication Abortion? - Center for Reproductive Rights
Medication abortion is a safe and effective method for ending a pregnancy. Learn more about how it works and why access to it is essential.
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Medicine should be regulated by scientific experts, not by politicians. So next time you hear someone repeating disinformation, use these FAQs to help keep the conversation #AbortionAccurate.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Medicine should be regulated by scientific experts, not by politicians. So next time you hear someone repeating disinformation, use these FAQs to help keep the conversation #AbortionAccurate.
Experts agree: abortion pills are safe and effective.
No matter what anti-abortion extremists say, they can't change the decades of evidence that overwhelmingly prove mifepristone's safety and efficacy.
No matter what anti-abortion extremists say, they can't change the decades of evidence that overwhelmingly prove mifepristone's safety and efficacy.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Experts agree: abortion pills are safe and effective.
No matter what anti-abortion extremists say, they can't change the decades of evidence that overwhelmingly prove mifepristone's safety and efficacy.
No matter what anti-abortion extremists say, they can't change the decades of evidence that overwhelmingly prove mifepristone's safety and efficacy.
💊Q: What do other countries say?
→ A: Mife is legal in ~100 countries, and recognized globally as safe and effective, including by @who.int. Abortion pills account for over half of all abortions in high-income countries. In limiting mife access, the U.S. is a major global outlier.
→ A: Mife is legal in ~100 countries, and recognized globally as safe and effective, including by @who.int. Abortion pills account for over half of all abortions in high-income countries. In limiting mife access, the U.S. is a major global outlier.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
💊Q: What do other countries say?
→ A: Mife is legal in ~100 countries, and recognized globally as safe and effective, including by @who.int. Abortion pills account for over half of all abortions in high-income countries. In limiting mife access, the U.S. is a major global outlier.
→ A: Mife is legal in ~100 countries, and recognized globally as safe and effective, including by @who.int. Abortion pills account for over half of all abortions in high-income countries. In limiting mife access, the U.S. is a major global outlier.
💊Q: Does mife have other uses?
→ A: Yes, crucial ones. Mife is often used in miscarriage management and to assist with procedural abortion care. Miscarriage without medical management puts people at risk for severe infection, infertility, and even death.
→ A: Yes, crucial ones. Mife is often used in miscarriage management and to assist with procedural abortion care. Miscarriage without medical management puts people at risk for severe infection, infertility, and even death.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
💊Q: Does mife have other uses?
→ A: Yes, crucial ones. Mife is often used in miscarriage management and to assist with procedural abortion care. Miscarriage without medical management puts people at risk for severe infection, infertility, and even death.
→ A: Yes, crucial ones. Mife is often used in miscarriage management and to assist with procedural abortion care. Miscarriage without medical management puts people at risk for severe infection, infertility, and even death.
💊Q: Why is mife access so important?
→ A: With bans across the U.S., many clinics have closed that could give care in person. Pills are often the easiest way for people to access abortion care, plus it's cheaper and allows people to have their abortions where and when they choose.
→ A: With bans across the U.S., many clinics have closed that could give care in person. Pills are often the easiest way for people to access abortion care, plus it's cheaper and allows people to have their abortions where and when they choose.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
💊Q: Why is mife access so important?
→ A: With bans across the U.S., many clinics have closed that could give care in person. Pills are often the easiest way for people to access abortion care, plus it's cheaper and allows people to have their abortions where and when they choose.
→ A: With bans across the U.S., many clinics have closed that could give care in person. Pills are often the easiest way for people to access abortion care, plus it's cheaper and allows people to have their abortions where and when they choose.
💊 Q: How effective is mife for abortion care?
→ A: Very, very effective. Taken together with the second pill in a two-drug regimen (misoprostol), mife has an outstanding 95-99% rate of success at ending early pregnancy.
→ A: Very, very effective. Taken together with the second pill in a two-drug regimen (misoprostol), mife has an outstanding 95-99% rate of success at ending early pregnancy.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
💊 Q: How effective is mife for abortion care?
→ A: Very, very effective. Taken together with the second pill in a two-drug regimen (misoprostol), mife has an outstanding 95-99% rate of success at ending early pregnancy.
→ A: Very, very effective. Taken together with the second pill in a two-drug regimen (misoprostol), mife has an outstanding 95-99% rate of success at ending early pregnancy.
💊 Q: What about expert drug regulators?
→ A: The U.S. FDA conducted an in-depth review of the evidence before first approving mife in 2000, and has conducted additional, thorough reviews of new evidence in the two decades since. Each time, they've confirmed mife's safety.
→ A: The U.S. FDA conducted an in-depth review of the evidence before first approving mife in 2000, and has conducted additional, thorough reviews of new evidence in the two decades since. Each time, they've confirmed mife's safety.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
💊 Q: What about expert drug regulators?
→ A: The U.S. FDA conducted an in-depth review of the evidence before first approving mife in 2000, and has conducted additional, thorough reviews of new evidence in the two decades since. Each time, they've confirmed mife's safety.
→ A: The U.S. FDA conducted an in-depth review of the evidence before first approving mife in 2000, and has conducted additional, thorough reviews of new evidence in the two decades since. Each time, they've confirmed mife's safety.
💊 Q: What do the scientific experts say?
→ A: Every leading medical and scientific org to have assessed mife has recognized it as safe and effective, including @ama-assn.org and @acog.org. Mife is also officially classified as an essential medicine by the
@who.int.
→ A: Every leading medical and scientific org to have assessed mife has recognized it as safe and effective, including @ama-assn.org and @acog.org. Mife is also officially classified as an essential medicine by the
@who.int.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
💊 Q: What do the scientific experts say?
→ A: Every leading medical and scientific org to have assessed mife has recognized it as safe and effective, including @ama-assn.org and @acog.org. Mife is also officially classified as an essential medicine by the
@who.int.
→ A: Every leading medical and scientific org to have assessed mife has recognized it as safe and effective, including @ama-assn.org and @acog.org. Mife is also officially classified as an essential medicine by the
@who.int.
💊 Q: How safe is mife?
→ A: Extremely safe. Mifepristone has been studied carefully by scientific experts and proven to be extremely safe—safer than many other common pharmaceuticals. People have been using mife around the world for decades and it has an outstanding safety record.
→ A: Extremely safe. Mifepristone has been studied carefully by scientific experts and proven to be extremely safe—safer than many other common pharmaceuticals. People have been using mife around the world for decades and it has an outstanding safety record.
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
💊 Q: How safe is mife?
→ A: Extremely safe. Mifepristone has been studied carefully by scientific experts and proven to be extremely safe—safer than many other common pharmaceuticals. People have been using mife around the world for decades and it has an outstanding safety record.
→ A: Extremely safe. Mifepristone has been studied carefully by scientific experts and proven to be extremely safe—safer than many other common pharmaceuticals. People have been using mife around the world for decades and it has an outstanding safety record.