Sentences with phrase «requires mifepristone»

In addition, Arizona enacted a provision that requires mifepristone to be provided in accordance with an outdated FDA protocol rather than a simpler, long - standing evidence - based protocol that is equally safe and effective with fewer side effects.

Other states have adopted laws that require mifepristone to be provided in accordance with the FDA - approved label for mifepristone.

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Nineteen states require a physician to be physically present to provide mifepristone — the only medication specifically approved by the FDA for use in medication abortions — and 17 states require medication abortions to be performed in a facility with attributes of an ambulatory surgery center or hospital.

Three of these states, Kansas, North Dakota and Oklahoma, also require that mifepristone be provided in accordance with a long - standing FDA protocol rather than under a simpler evidence - based protocol that has been proven to be safe and effective.

When states required doctors prescribe more mifepristone than patients needed, it made the treatment significantly more expensive.

Here you can link to the required medication guide that clinicians need to use when providing medication abortion using mifepristone.