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Abortion Safety and Use with Normally Prescribed Mifepristone in Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In the United States, mifepristone is available for medical abortion (for use with misoprostol) only with Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) restrictions, despite an absence of evidence to support such restrictions. Mifepristone has been available in Canada with a normal prescription since November 2017. METHODS: Using population-based administrative data from Ontario, Canada, we examined abortion use, safety, and …

Authors

Schummers L; Darling EK; Dunn S; McGrail K; Gayowsky A; Law MR; Laba T-L; Kaczorowski J; Norman WV

Journal

The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 386, No. 1, pp. 57–67

Publisher

Massachusetts Medical Society

Publication Date

January 6, 2022

DOI

10.1056/nejmsa2109779

ISSN

0028-4793