The Next Normal: The Future of Medication Abortion is at Home

This article explains the process of at-home, self-managed abortion, and highlights how COVID-19 has made this abortion method even more appealing and widespread.

Despite moves by some states to make abortions harder to obtain from a clinic, an increasing number of people are using abortion pills at home. Medication abortion, which involves two pills taken 24 hours apart to terminate pregnancies up to 10 weeks, is one of the simplest and safest procedures in all of medicine.

SOURCE: The Washington Post • AUTHOR: Abigail R. A. Aiken • LAST UPDATED: October 29, 2021