Medication Abortion Regulations, at a Glance
Medication abortion — which involves using two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol — accounts for 54% of all pregnancy terminations before nine weeks of gestation in the U.S., according to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research exercised “enforcement discretion” of the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy requirement that asks prescribers to dispense mifepristone to patients in-person during the pandemic. This allows providers in 32 states and the District of Columbia that do not have laws that ban medication abortion to dispense mifepristone via telehealth. Currently, 18 states and D.C. allow both advance practice clinicians and medical doctors to dispense abortion pills.
SOURCE: “The Availability and Use of Medication Abortion Care,” Kaiser Family Foundation. Visit https://bit.ly/3vQbj2u.
This story was reprinted from AIS Health’s biweekly publication RADAR on Drug Benefits.
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