Most commonly, women use the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol.
Researchers surveyed 7,000 women ages 15 to 49 and found that in the year before the Dobbs decision, 2.4% reported self-managing abortions.
Slightly fewer women used the abortion pills misoprostol and mifepristone.
For nearly a decade, she has worked with organizations like SASS — Self-Managed Abortion; Safe & Supported, a global nonprofit that provides information and access to medication abortions.
So it can be shared in any state.”Nearly two-thirds of abortions in the U.S. are now medication abortions, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
Persons:
Kaniya, “, ”, Dobbs, epidemiologist Lauren Ralph, Dr, Nisha Verma, Verma, Susan Yanow, SASS —, Donald Trump, Roe, Wade, misoprostol, mifepristone, Monica Dragoman, ” Yanow, She’s, aren’t, ” Kaniya
Organizations:
Guttmacher Institute, NBC News, Reproductive, University of California, JAMA, Society of Family, OB, UCSF, Georgia OB, American College of Obstetricians, Sinai Health, World, Organization
Locations:
Kentucky, Maryland, San Francisco, Georgia, Atlanta, U.S, New York