Trends in medication abortion and the role of low-volume and non-metropolitan mifepristone purchasers: 2008 –2011 and 2014–2017

Conclusions While reliance on medication abortion increased substantially between 2008 and 2014, there is no evidence that this was due to an increase in the number of facilities that purchased low-volumes of mifepristone.Implications While their numbers declined, abortion providers purchasing low volumes of mifepristone likely played an important role for the individuals they cared for. Access to abortion could increase if a wider network of healthcare practitioners, especially those in settings that do not currently provide abortions, were able to offer medication abortion.
Source: The Guttmacher Institute - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: news