Medication abortion could get harder to obtain – or easier: There's a new wave of post-Dobbs lawsuits on abortion pills
- Written by Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
Legal battles are being waged over mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortion.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty ImagesMedication abortion now accounts for more than half of all abortions in the United States.
Typically, patients take a two different pills: first mifepristone, then misoprostol.
Even though this option has been legally...

