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The Supreme Court just overturned a lower court decision that would have banned the abortion pill mifepristone. But the challenge never should have got this far– it’s safer than lots of other prescription drugs.

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Association of Azithromycin Use With Cardiovascular Mortality. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(6):e208199. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.8199

Analysis of Medication Abortion Risk and the FDA report “Mifepristone U.S. Post-Marketing Adverse Events Summary through 12/31/2018” UCSF Bixby Center for Reproductive Health

Information about Mifepristone for Medical Termination of Pregnancy Through Ten Weeks Gestation, US Food and Drug Administration

The U.S. Maternal Mortality Crisis Continues to Worsen: An International Comparison, The Commonwealth Fund

Lowe G, Costabile RA. 10-Year analysis of adverse event reports to the Food and Drug Administration for phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitors. J Sex Med. 2012 Jan;9(1):265-70. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02537.x. Epub 2011 Oct 24. PMID: 22023666.

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