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Access to a key abortion drug is in legal limbo. Here's how medication abortion works

Laurel Wamsley
Kaitlyn Radde

Updated April 14, 2023

Containers of mifepristone and misoprostol — medications used to end a pregnancy — sit on a table inside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Ill. (AP)

This article was originally published on May 13, 2022.

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