Medication Abortion Without Mifepristone? What To Know About Misoprostol-Only Abortions In Wake Of Court Ruling

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : That resulted in the increased attacks on medication abortion from anti-abortion advocates, including the mifepristone lawsuit that led to Kacsmaryk's ruling.
46% : Multiple major abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, said prior to the ruling they intend to provide medication abortions using only misoprostol if access to mifepristone was cut off, and Dr. Jamie Phifer, the medical director of Abortion on Demand, told NPR following the ruling that the provider could switch to providing misoprostol-only abortions "within hours" if needed.
35% : A ban on abortion pills that was recently enacted in Wyoming -- the first of its kind in the country -- would cover misoprostol for the purposes of abortion, for instance, as it makes it illegal to "prescribe, dispense, distribute, sell or use any drug for the purpose of procuring or performing an abortion."

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