Abortions

NPR -  Medication abortion today accounts for 60% of all abortions in the U.S., most of them using mifepristone, according to longtime health policy journalist Julie Rovner. The drug is also used to treat miscarriage. Rovner says last week's ruling from the appeals court came as a surprise, in part because the Trump administration had asked the lower court to put the case on hold until the FDA finished a review of mifepristone’s safety. 

Here's what to know about how medication abortions work, how safe they are and how patients can access them.