'Pill abortion' is used in at least half of terminated pregnancies in the United States, according to 2020 data from the Guttmacher Institute.
The two pills, mifepristone and misoprostol, are taken about two days apart. In many areas only a telemedicine visit is required to get them from a pharmacy. Cheaper and less invasive than a procedure abortion, when used within the first 10 weeks of gestation they safely terminated 99.6% of pregnancies with very low complication rates.
By 2020, the last year for which numbers are available, a full 54% of all abortions were done by pill, according to theIt's believed the figure is even higher now after the relaxation of federal restrictions in December 2021. That shifted back in January 2021 when the Supreme Court overruled the federal judge and said women must pick up the pills in person from a hospital or medical office.
“People want to take it at home because they want to be in their own space with a friend or loved one," she said. "They like it because they are able to control the timing so they can have it on the weekends so they don’t have to take time off work," she said. The process begins with a consultation with a medical professional. Once the patient is deemed eligible, the drugs are prescribed at a cost that typically ranges between $250 and $300. The first pill, mifepristone, acts to block the body's ability to absorb progesterone, a hormone that allows the pregnancy to grow.
Within a half-hour to a couple of hours, the misoprostol leads the cervix to dilate and the uterus to begin contracting, which empties the embryo from the uterus.
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