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Self-Managed Medication Abortion is Safe and Accessible
Though the illegitimate Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, one huge advantage in the fight for reproductive rights is the availability, and safety, of medication abortion. Today, approximately half of all abortions are performed with medication, which can be taken at home. Medication abortion is safe to use up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and has a high efficacy rate. Abortion with a combination of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol is 96.7% effective, while abortion with misoprostol only is about 85% effective in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. All forms of abortion with pills have extremely low rates of complications and are effective no matter your weight or size.
In December of 2021, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) made the mailing of abortion medication directly to patients’ homes completely legal across the entire United States. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Friday, June 24, 2022, that in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, states cannot ban mifepristone. That has not stopped individual states to try to prevent their state residents from receiving the medication, and many of those fights are currently going on in the courts.
Some states still allow abortion medication to be prescribed via an online telemedicine appointment and sent through the mail…
