Synonyms

abortion pill

British

noun

a drug, such as mifepristone, used to terminate a pregnancy in its earliest stage

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Only three women were convicted of having an illegal abortion between 1861 and November 2022, when the law was changed to allow women to take abortion pills at home up to 10 weeks of pregnancy.

From BBC

The French scientist who created the abortion pill has died at the age of 98.

From BBC

Since 2018, women in England have taken the second abortion pill at home, aligning the rules with Scotland and Wales.

From BBC

She took abortion pills ordered online when she found out she was pregnant, and, like Thurman, had an incomplete abortion.

From Salon

She had insisted she gave birth to a stillborn child in the bathroom of her home in Cirencester in 2018 and had not taken an abortion pill.

From BBC

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