Most People Can Determine if They're Eligible for OTC Abortion Pill, Study Shows

Making the case for over-the-counter abortion pills: Study finds most people can accurately self-screen

Currently, in U.S. states where abortion remains legal, women have to visit specialized clinics to access in-person medication abortion, as drugs like mifepristone and misoprostol are not available over-the-counter (OTC). A recent study makes the argument that these drugs do qualify under the FDA's over-the-counter criteria, which states that people should be able to rely on the product's packaging and its drug facts label to decide for themselv…

Most People Can Determine if They're Eligible for OTC Abortion Pill, Study Shows

(MedPage Today) -- Most people seeking medication abortion were able to correctly determine if they were eligible based on a prototype drug facts label, a diagnostic study found. After reading the medication abortion label, 88% of participants...

New Research Makes Wild Suggestion: The Abortion Pill Could Be Over the Counter

Just a few months after scientists at JAMA affirmed that 1) mifepristone is safe and 2) more than a decade’s worth of FDA studies were based on science and not politics, the medical journal on Monday dropped yet another banger declaring pretty much the same fucking thing. Except they took it a step further: there’s no real reason abortion pills shouldn’t be available over the counter. Get the popcorn out, folks! We’re counting down the minutes u…

Over-the-counter medication abortion? These researchers say it would be safe

Imagine that you’re pregnant, a few weeks in, and you decide you want an abortion. You walk into a retail pharmacy, and pick up a package on the shelf that says “medication abortion kit.” You buy it and walk out, and end your early pregnancy at home.“It’s time that the general public understands that this could be a reality,” says Dr. Daniel Grossman, part of the research team that published a study Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine e…

Over-the-counter medication abortion? These researchers say it would be safe - TPR: The Public's Radio

A paper in JAMA Internal Medicine adds to the growing scientific evidence that medication abortion pills would be safe to sell over-the-counter at the pharmacy. But political opposition means that possibility may not happen anytime soon. The post Over-the-counter medication abortion? These researchers say it would be safe appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.