Daywatch: Illinois clinics have a backup plan for patients seeking a medication abortion
Good morning, Chicago.
With the future of a popular abortion pill at risk, some Illinois clinics are looking at an alternative option to continue offering medication abortion, the most common method to terminate pregnancies nationwide.
The drug in question, mifepristone, is still legal and available in Illinois and many other states.
But the fate of the widely used abortifacient hangs in the balance due to battling court rulings handed down last week, leaving many abortion providers here and across the country scrambling to come up with a backup plan in case mifepristone is pulled from the market.
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Angie Leventis Lourgos.
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