The Supreme Court unanimously voted to uphold broad access to abortion pills , including mifepristone, on Thursday. The ruling was the result of the first major case SCOTUS had taken on reproductive rights since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, which removed federal protections on abortion.
Now, over a dozen states primarily in the South are subject to near-total bans. A group of anti-abortion doctors filed to sue the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for regulated abortion pills, however, SCOTUS ruled the plaintiffs did not have a standing to sue. Two Texas professors suing to punish and fail students who get abortions Louisiana close to criminalizing abortion pills with 10 years in prison Everything you need to know about mifepristone What is mifepristone? Mifepristone is an abortion-inducing drug used for a variety of reproductive care purposes .
It is frequently used in combination with misoprostol to end a pregnancy. Misoprostol can also be used alone to terminate a pregnancy, however, sometimes patients need to take the pill more than once to be effective. Mifepristone blocks a hormone called progesterone that is needed for a pregnancy, and misoprostol causes uterine contractions that result in the body expelling the pregnancy as a medically-induced miscarriage.
Is mifepristone safe? Mifepristone and misoprostol are widely used for abortions as well as miscarriage treatments with a proven track record of efficacy and safety, according to the American Colleg.
