abortion pill

Makary has also clashed with Republican senators over the agency’s approval of a generic form of an abortion pill, after promising antiabortion lawmakers a review of the drug’s safety.

The Supreme Court rejected an attempt to restrict access to the abortion pill last year on procedural grounds.

Police also found drugs they suspected were abortion pills - which eventually led them to the 10 other women.

There are fears that families could face prosecution for continuing to seek medications, similar to charges being filed against mothers who have secured abortion pills for their teenagers.

Only three women were convicted of having an illegal abortion between 1861 and November 2022, when the law was changed to allow women to take abortion pills at home up to 10 weeks of pregnancy.