Medication abortions are safe, effective, and common. There’s a lot of disinformation out there, and right now, access and information are everything. Here are answers to some common questions [a thread 🧵]

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Medication abortions can be taken safely at home, meaning that patients can be surrounded by loved ones, in their pajamas, receiving essential health care.

South Carolina lawmakers are trying to ban birth control and classify having an abortion as homicide—a crime that could be punishable by the death penalty. This bill also criminalizes doctors, patients, families, and even neighbors who share information.

Can’t believe we have to say this but birth control is ✅safe ✅effective ✅necessary

Texas’ latest abortion law offers up $100,000 rewards to people who snitch on their pregnant family members. This is a cruel tactic to sow fear and create an even more hostile environment for all pregnant people in Texas.

Title X is a vital safety net, but extremists in Congress want to defund it. Title X provides affordable reproductive health care—birth control, STI testing, cancer screenings—primarily to low-income and uninsured patients.

Feelings of regret after an abortion are rare. The majority of Turnaway Study participants reported feeling relief even years after their abortion.

Even with abortion bans, many people who want an abortion still find ways to access care. “The fact is that women determined to end their pregnancies have rarely waited for the blessing of a legislature or a court,” writes Linda Greenhouse.

Birth control pills are among the best-studied and safest medications on the market.

The Trump administration told The New York Times that IUDs, hormonal implants, and the Pill are actually abortions. That’s objectively false. But it’s telling – they want to ban birth control.

New research underscores how hurdles to abortion access have soared since the #Dobbs decision. Between 2022-2024: 💰 Travel costs for abortion ⬆️ from $179 to $372 🕰️ Avg. travel time ⬆️ from 2.8 to 11.3 hours 🌙 Overnight stays ⬆️ from 5% to 58% 📈 Second-trimester abortions ⬆️ from 8% to 17%

Last month, more than 260 researchers, including ANSIRH, sent a letter to the FDA affirming the 25-year rigorous safety record of mifepristone. But anti-abortion advocates are pushing HB7 on unvetted junk science related to mifepristone.

Abortion care should be guided by evidence, not politics. Abortion care should be guided by evidence, not politics. Abortion care should be guided by evidence, not politics.

People do not want to live in states with abortion bans. After Dobbs, about 146,000 residents moved away from abortion-banned states, primarily in the South.

California legislators have passed one of the strongest measures so far to protect health care providers operating under shield laws.

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The @nursingclio Reader is here!📚 Featuring essays that examine reproductive health through research & personal experience, this book includes new & older pieces from Nursing Clio's blog. ANSIRH's Katrina Kimport provides a contribution. www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-...

Even in states with bans, clinicians can support pregnant patients experiencing delays in abortion care. ANSIRH researcher Dr. Katrina Kimport recommends telling patients about all of their options, like seeking out support from abortion funds.

The Turnaway Study has long shown that those denied abortion are at greater risk of long-term domestic violence, and we know that abusers will sometimes wield forced pregnancy to entrap their victims.

Criminalizing abortion care hurts everyone, even people who lose a wanted pregnancy. Anti-abortion advocates are known to stigmatize and criminalize women for their pregnancy outcomes – including miscarriage.

Access to abortion care gives people the freedom to build lives on their own terms. The Turnaway Study found that women who were able to get abortions were twice as likely to achieve educational and career goals as women who were denied abortion care.

Pregnancies are complicated and sometimes dangerous. ANSIRH researcher Dr. Katrina Kimport explains how abortion bans make some patients vulnerable to substandard care and severe health consequences.

HHS has announced that it will hold $81 million in sex-ed funding hostage unless schools drop all mention of trans people. Trans people have always existed – and won’t be erased.

Every child deserves parents who are ready and excited to have children. Abortion bans get in the way. When people are forced to carry out unwanted pregnancies, they report difficulty bonding with their children.

Anti-abortion activists often spread disinformation to make their case. We stick to the facts: When contraception is more accessible, fewer people have unwanted pregnancies, and fewer people decide to have abortions. It’s simple, really.

HAPPENING NOW: We’re in D.C. with advocates and lawmakers fighting back against a devastating new rule proposed by the Trump administration that would ban veterans from getting abortion care through the VA, even in cases of rape, incest, or to protect their health.

This proposed new rule fails to take into account the well-established body of evidence detailing the harms to pregnant people, children, and families when people cannot get the abortion care they need. We call on the VA to conduct a more thorough and accurate impact assessment.

YouTube is often described as a haven for anti-abortion sentiment. However, researchers recently documented a diversity of political opinion in the comment sections of abortion plotline videos, with more comments coded as “pro-choice” than “anti-abortion.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We have over 100 studies that prove that abortion pills, including mifepristone, are extremely safe. We can’t stand by as anti-abortion groups continue to undermine established science.

Abortion care should be available throughout pregnancy in every community. It’s the same thing we want to see for every form of essential health care.

ANSIRH's Katrina Kimport discussed how clinicians can support pregnant patients experiencing delays in care, particularly in the context of increasing legal restrictions on abortion.

“The anti-abortion movement caught their white whale, but they didn’t get what they wanted,” says law professor David S. Cohen. “They have absolutely failed in at least the stated goal, which is to reduce abortions.”

Dear FDA, the safety of medication abortion rests on: ✅Decades of conclusive scientific evidence ✅More than one hundred rigorous studies ✅Hundreds of thousands of patient outcomes Junk science won't change this. Read our letter.

Forcing someone to give birth isn’t just immoral; it’s dangerous. Many Turnaway Study participants who were denied abortion care faced life-threatening complications as their pregnancy developed, and two women died as a consequence of giving birth.

Adoption can be traumatic for all parties. Many adoption agencies and ‘pro-life’ pregnancy homes use high-pressure tactics, shame, and manipulation to coerce people into giving up their children.

Today we submitted a letter with @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social to the FDA signed by over 200 scientists. The short version? Medication abortion is safe. Time to drop the junk science and move on. law.ucla.edu/reproductive...

A medication abortion is safer than consuming Tylenol.

“Crisis Pregnancy Centers” are designed to trick people and coerce them into staying pregnant no matter what. Pregnancy Resource Centers, on the other hand, help pregnant people explore a full range of their options: parenting, adoption, or abortion.

Abortions are a normal, essential part of reproductive health care. Many people who have an abortion are already parents or decide to have children later in their lives.

If they can’t outlaw abortion pills, anti-abortion activists will try to make them impossible to access. Costco just caved to pressure to stop selling mifepristone.

Abortion is an economic issue. The Turnaway Study shows that women who are denied abortions are less likely to have enough money to cover expenses like food, housing, and transportation even years later.

What’s a valid reason to have an abortion? Simple. You believe it is the best decision for you.

Some people use marijuana during pregnancy to address pregnancy symptoms, and are then criminalized. “Overall, these policies are ineffective in terms of improving or protecting the health and well-being of infants, and in some cases they’re actually harmful,” said Sarah Roberts.

The federal government’s $1B demand is designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to devastate UCLA and its critical mission. #StandUpForUC to defend University of California —America’s greatest public university system—and support its life-saving work.

Telehealth abortion care is just as safe and effective as in-person care – and it’s changed the abortion care landscape. Now, 1 in 4 abortions are provided via telehealth.

Costco has decided not to dispense the abortion pill mifepristone at its more than 500 pharmacy locations in the U.S. “The anti-abortion advocates are trying whatever they can to reduce people’s ability to obtain it,” said ANSIRH's @ushma.bsky.social.

Abortion bans put people in danger. The Turnaway Study found that people who are denied abortion are at a significantly greater risk of long-term domestic violence.

Telehealth abortion services make care more affordable and accessible. “These are life-saving services for so many people, especially the poorest of the poor,” said ANSIRH researcher Ushma Upadhyay.

Adoption is not an alternative to abortion. Adoption is not an alternative to abortion. Adoption is not an alternative to abortion.