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Abortion Pills, Explained

What happens when a pregnant woman follows the FDA-approved abortion regimen?
Appeals Court Keeps Abortion Pill Mifepristone Available, But With Restrictions
Packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed on April 13, 2023. (Photo illustration by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

An order Friday night from the Supreme Court has kept the United States’ abortion pill status quo in place for now. The two-drug regimen to induce abortion through the first 10 weeks of pregnancy is still approved, and the drugs in question (mifepristone and misoprostol) are accessible for abortions that are still legal under state laws.

Price St. Clair is a former reporter for The Dispatch.

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