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Medical abortion: misoprostol alone works well

  As many areas in the United States are making mifepristone illegal, and the US Supreme Court will be weighing in on the potential of a federal ban soon, it is noteworthy that several studies have found that single agent misoprostol is quite effective, similar to its standard combination with mifepristone. A recent study documented the safety and effectiveness of self-managed abortion in the US using misoprostol alone through an online telemedicine service (see  abortion misoprostol single agent telemed PerspecSexReproducHealth2023  in dropbox, or    doi.org/10.1363/psrh.12219 ) .   Thanks to Paul Susman for sending me a great article on this:  https://societyfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/SFP_ScienceSays_misoprostol.pdf   Details :  -- 1016 women received prescriptions for misoprostol from Aid Access in the month of June 2020      -- Aid Access is a non-profit based in Vienna, Austria, but is the only telemedicine organiza...