Barriers to abortion care are rooted in systemic racism and reflect ongoing inequities in our health care system. Expanding access to medication abortion care can help close this gap.
Medication abortion care is a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy up to 10 weeks. It can also be provided safely and effectively via phone or video visits. Telehealth increases options for those working to make ends meet, rural folks, and Black, Indigenous, and people of color who have less access to care.
Anti-abortion politicians in 18 states have banned the use of medication abortion care through telehealth. There is no medical reason for these bans.
Our laws on medication abortion are out of touch and push care out of reach. Our vision:
- In real life, we will be able to decide not just whether we end a pregnancy, but how.
- In real life, our laws will follow science, not politics.
- In real life, we will get our meds in the way that makes the most sense for us, whether that’s at a health center, our nearby pharmacy, or delivered to our home.
Medication abortion care accounts for more than half of all US abortions.
But restrictions make it increasingly hard to get.
- For over 20 years, medication abortion has been deemed a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy.
- Anti-abortion politicians in 18 states have banned the use of medication abortion care through telemedicine.
- 32 states require medication abortion to be administered by a physician.
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WHAT’S AT STAKE IN THE SUPREME COURT’S MIFEPRISTONE CASE? (Factsheet)
This summer, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule in FDA v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which concerns access to one of two pills typically used together to provide medication abortion care. The outcome of this case threatens to place abortion care further out of reach for everyone in the United States, especially those working to make ends meet, rural folks, immigrants, and Black, Indigenous, and people of color. -
Poll: Voters Oppose Preventing Access to Medication Abortion
These surveys have found that voters nationwide and a majority of voters who live in states where abortion is illegal or the legislature is hostile toward abortion do not want medication abortion to be banned or restricted. Voters favor policies that would protect access to medication abortion. -
Poll: Americans want medication abortion to remain legal
When given information about the pending case in Texas concerning the FDA’s approval of medication abortion, just 29% of Americans say that a federal judge should override the FDA’s approval of medication abortion, banning medication abortion in the United States.