Dear John,

Medication abortion is a safe, effective way to end an early pregnancy. For over 20 years, the combination of mifepristone and misoprostol has been available in the U.S. Yet, it has always been singled out for unnecessary barriers, even during a global pandemic.

Medical groups like the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists agree that the restrictions placed on mifepristone by the FDA have no medical basis.

We need your help right now—join us in calling on the Biden administration to lift unnecessary restrictions on medication abortion! 

Abortion is already unjustly limited. Depending on the state, a patient may need to visit a clinic twice in order to receive a medication abortion, or endure a mandated waiting period with biased counseling. Several states even used the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretense to limit access to abortion.

When the FDA lifted restrictions for other drugs during the pandemic, medication abortion was excluded, not on the basis of medicine, but because of politics.

This is simply unacceptable to me as a clinician. My patients should not face unnecessary risks of exposure or have to jump through ideological hoops. Abortion is essential health care.

Obstacles to care have always had a disproportionate impact on communities of color, the same communities at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.

All of us need to demand the Biden administration address this situation immediately. Take action today by calling on the administration to lift restrictions and base FDA decisions on science, not politics.

Thank you for taking action,

Dr. Jamila Perritt
President & CEO