“It is vital that patients being treated with misoprostol for miscarriage management have a close follow-up scheduled to ensure that they have completely passed all pregnancy tissue and to determine whether additional treatment is needed. Christina Francis, chief executive officer of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, one of the plaintiffs in the case, told CNN that “medical management of miscarriage with misoprostol has been standard of care for decades.” More women are going to have complications,” said Werner, who is also chair of obstetrics and gynecology at Tufts Medical Center.Īt a hearing this month, a three-judge panel on the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals showed sympathy for the arguments put forward by the plaintiffs, anti-abortion physicians and groups who are challenging the FDA’s approval of mifepristone 23 years ago.Ī decision from the circuit court is expected in the coming weeks, and the case will eventually head to the US Supreme Court.ĭr. “More women are going to have unnecessary surgeries. The concern is that if medication for miscarriage doesn’t work, patients will end up having surgeries they hadn’t anticipated. Erika Werner, a spokesperson for the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Obstetricians are “very worried,” said Dr. If they are successful, more women who need medication for miscarriage care will, like Novak, take only misoprostol. Plaintiffs in the lawsuit are seeking to ban access nationwide to mifepristone. How a medication abortion, also known as an ‘abortion pill,’ works RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images In the wake of Friday's ruling by the US Supreme Court striking down Roe v Wade and the federally protected right to an abortion, women from Texas and other states are traveling to clinics like the Women's Reproductive Health Clinic in New Mexico for legal abortion services under the state's more liberal laws.
Mifepristone is taken first to stop the pregnancy, followed by Misoprostol to induce bleeding. Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women's Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022.
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