Get the Basics About Self-Managed Abortion

Article originally appeared in Rewire on October 1st, 2020.

It’s been 20 years since the Food and Drug Administration approved mifepristone, one of two pills used to end an early pregnancy with a medication abortion. Yet confusion around the medication and restrictions on its use in telemedicine, not to mention lies about it from Republican senators like Ted Cruz, continue to make access difficult.