Meanwhile, anti-abortion activists shift focus from surgical abortion to medication abortion.
on sending an abortion-inducing medication by mail, making it easier for patients to receive the drug without visiting a clinic.... [+]When mifepristone was approved by the FDA in 2000, the agency made the medication available only to patients who could pick it up in person, ostensibly due to safety concerns.
However, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Biden Administration temporarily suspended the requirement for in-person pickup.inducing abortion when taken along with another medication, misoprostol, during the first 63 days of pregnancy, according to a 2015 paper.than restrictions placed on some medications with greater risks, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists....
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