8 July 2024

The abortion pill, also known as a “medical abortion,” involves taking two different powerful drugs that work together to terminate your pregnancy and expel it from your uterus.

While you can technically find these abortion drugs online without first seeing a physician and filling a prescription at a pharmacy, this option puts your safety at risk.

Read on to learn more about why seeking abortion drugs online puts your health at risk. Or, if you want to talk to someone in person about abortion and your pregnancy, contact A Woman’s Concern today to schedule a free, confidential appointment.

Is Online Abortion Safe?

The FDA warns that seeking abortion drugs online bypasses “important safeguards specifically designed to protect their health.”

The FDA regulates all medication sold in the US, but when abortion drugs are purchased online, they can’t be regulated. This means the FDA can’t determine the origin, effectiveness, or safety of these drugs.

Abortion Pill Eligibility

Just because you can technically purchase abortion drugs online without seeing a physician first doesn’t mean that you’re eligible for these drugs. If you take the drugs without being eligible, you’re putting your health and safety at risk.

Factors that make you ineligible for the abortion drugs include:

Your pregnancy is further along than 10 weeks gestation
Have an intrauterine device (IUD) currently in place
Have a suspected ectopic pregnancy
Have certain medical conditions, including bleeding disorders; certain heart or blood vessel diseases; severe liver, kidney or lung disease; or an uncontrolled seizure disorder
Take a blood thinner or certain steroid medicines
Can’t make follow-up visits to your provider or don’t have access to emergency care
Have an allergy to the medicine used

How to Protect Your Health

If you’re considering taking the abortion drugs, it’s essential to learn your pregnancy’s gestational age, location, and viability—and the only way to find these details is through an ultrasound scan.

At A Woman’s Concern, we offer free, limited ultrasounds and medically accurate information about each of your options because we believe that you deserve to have what you need to make an informed, safe decision.