The future of illegal abortions isn’t coat hangers. It’s medication.
, it will be in large part because of this decades-old technology, which puts agency into the patient’s own hands.typically refers to the first drug, mifepristone, because it was specifically designed and approved for that purpose. The second drug, misoprostol, was developed in the 1970s to treat stomach ulcers. It’s also used to induce labor and stop postpartum hemorrhaging.
because the fetal tissue was barely visible at that point, making it difficult for a clinician see if an abortion was successful. The pill allowed women to get abortions earlier, rather than enduring weeks of unwanted pregnancy symptoms.Naturally, there was plenty of political and religious pushback. Just a month after the pill’s debut in France, its manufacturer suspended distribution, citing pressure from the Catholic Church and anti-abortion groups.
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