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BY CARRIE BAKER | Twenty-one years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the abortion pill mifepristone for distribution in the United States. As states are now passing laws to ban abortion and the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the abortion pill is what will make a post-Roe world very different from the pre-Roe world, when thousands of women died each year from illegal abortions, and many more were left permanently harmed by unsafe and illegal abortions.  

Abortion pills are safe and effective, widely accessible online and easy to use. A grassroots movement led by the organization Plan C is now working to ensure that women across the country know how to get abortion pills and how to use them.

On the 21st anniversary of FDA approval of the abortion pill, now is a good time to remember the courageous and tenacious people who fought for decades to make this life-saving medication possible.

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"‘We’re seeing shock.’ Texas abortion clinics are now operating as trauma centers" — The 19th

"A decade after ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,” LGBTQ veterans say they still feel the effects" — The Washington Post

"Inside the Nation's Largest Guaranteed Income Experiment" — TIME 

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