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Here's how medication abortion works with just one drug that's still fully available

misoprostol or a procedure to have a complete abortion. ### How far along into the pregnancy does medication abortion work

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

abortion drug regime". Mifepristone works by blocking a hormone called progesterone, which is necessary for a pregnancy to continue. The second drug, misoprostol

Supreme Court gives abortion pill mifepristone a 1-week reprieve from a major change

Misoprostol is typically used as part of a two-drug protocol for a medication abortion. But it is also safe and effective when used alone, doctors say.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/04/09/gettyimages-1241524007_sq-3513f4c63d4abafda70931fd1b0bc3a67402a3cf.jpg?s=100&c=85&f=jpeg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/g-s1-119947/telehealth-abortion-mifepristone-misoprostol) ### [Treatments](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/133188451/treatments-tests) ### [Here

The Supreme Court keeps abortion pill mifepristone available by telehealth

Misoprostol is typically used as part of a two-drug protocol for a medication abortion. But it is also safe and effective when used alone, doctors say.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2023/04/09/gettyimages-1241524007_sq-3513f4c63d4abafda70931fd1b0bc3a67402a3cf.jpg?s=100&c=85&f=jpeg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/g-s1-119947/telehealth-abortion-mifepristone-misoprostol) ### [Treatments](https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/133188451/treatments-tests) ### [Here

Abortion pills "just in case"? Planned Parenthood will offer them in two states

misoprostol on their shelf to be used in the future if they want to end an early pregnancy. [![Abortion-rights activists protested outside of the Supreme Court in March 2024, when the overall FDA authorization

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Abortion Pills."** The initiative, shared exclusively with NPR, allows Washington state and Hawaii residents to get mifepristone and misoprostol on [their shelves for future use](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5827444/abortion-pills-mifepristone-misoprostol-planned-parenthood-advance-provision) if they want to end an early