A Texas judge's ruling could ban the abortion pill mifepristone, but misoprostol will remain available as an off-label treatment for ending a pregnancy.
. It's an abortion regimen commonly used throughout the world, especially in countries where mifepristone is not available.
Some U.S. abortion providers are prepared to offer misoprostol as a stand-alone treatment, according to Jenny Ma, senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, a legal advocacy group that represents abortion providers worldwide. More than half of abortions in the U.S. use a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol, according to theIn that regimen, patients first
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