Every day, patients turn to nurses with their most personal, urgent questions. Here are some of the common questions nurses hear about abortion pills:

Question: Is medication abortion safe?
Answer: Medication abortion is very safe -- serious complications happen in less than 1% of cases.

Question: Do you have to go in-person to a health center to receive an abortion?
Answer: You can sometimes receive abortion medication like mifepristone and misoprostol without leaving your home via a telehealth appointment. What's more: you can receive medicines discreetly in the mail, making it even more accessible.

Question: Is mifepristone the same as the morning-after pill?
Answer: Nope! Abortion pills (like mifepristone and misoprostol) end an early pregnancy, while emergency contraception (like Plan B) prevents pregnancy from beginning.

Question: Can providers test to see if you have used mifepristone to end a pregnancy?
Answer: Generally speaking, no one -- including nurses or doctors -- can tell if you've taken abortion pills. There's no test to look for abortion pills in your body. It's up to you to decide whether you want to tell your nurse or doctor about your abortion.

Nurses are absolutely crucial to protecting and expanding access to care -- and sharing medically accurate information that helps us protect and preserve access to safe, effective care, like medication abortion.

Thank you to nurses for providing accurate, compassionate care!

-- Planned Parenthood Federation of America

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