A Safe Choice is a referral network of caring and experienced medical doctors who provide safe and effective medication abortions to women nationwide.
A medication abortion, also known as a medical abortion, refers to an abortion that results from taking a combination of two FDA-approved medications, mifepristone and misoprostol. Many clinical trials of medication abortion have demonstrated to be exceptionally effective and safe. Click on our Support & Resources tab to see summaries of published clinical research studies.
A telehealth medication abortion is when a woman is prescribed and mailed abortion pills by a healthcare provider after communicating via a telephone or video conversation, or after completing an online consultation form that is reviewed by the healthcare provider. A recent scientific study published in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine found that 97.7% of 6,034 telehealth medication abortions “were complete without subsequent known intervention or ongoing pregnancy after the initial treatment,” and that “overall, 99.8% of abortions were not followed by serious adverse events.” (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02834-w)
Mifepristone (RU-486) is a drug that interferes with the effects of the hormone progesterone (which derives its name from “pro” and “gestation,” to mean “pro pregnancy”). A single, swallowed dose of 200 mg of mifepristone is enough to end a pregnancy more than 90% of the time, but it is better to also take a second medication, misoprostol, 24 to 48 hours after taking a mifepristone pill.
Misoprostol has many beneficial effects on the human body, including preventing and treating stomach ulcers and slowing or stopping bleeding after a miscarriage, abortion, or natural birth. When taken 24 to 48 hours after a single dose of mifepristone, misoprostol increases mifepristone’s effectiveness in medication abortions to 96-98% while also decreasing the severity of the cramps and the amount of bleeding caused by a medication abortion. Misoprostol is taken by placing 2 or 4 pills (200mcg per pill) in your mouth (between your tongue and cheek, or under your tongue) and waiting 20-30 minutes to let the pill dissolve. The medication is absorbed through the lining of your mouth directly into your bloodstream.
You can order and keep on hand abortion pills (mifepristone and misoprostol) for future use if you want. You can keep the mifepristone and misoprostol in a cool, dark place for at least 2 years.
The information about yourself that you provide via the online consultation form goes to, and stays on, FormDr’s HIPAA-compliant server. The doctors in our network will never give or sell any of your information. They use the best and latest data security technology to ensure that whatever information you share with them remains with them. We at A Safe Choice do not have access to your personal, clinical, or payment information.
All of the doctors in our network are certified mifepristone prescribers in the Food and Drug Agency’s (FDA’s) Mifepristone REMS Program who are licensed to practice medicine in the state of California. For more information, you can click here to learn about California's Abortion Shield Law.
The legal risk for having an abortion depend on the state in which you live. To learn more, please go to the Repro Legal Helpline or call them at 884-868-2812. You can also learn more through the Plan C website.
