Resources to improve your experience
Find a healthcare provider
These groups maintain directories of abortion care providers or serve as membership organizations for abortion care providers.
The Abortion Care Network (ACN) was founded in 2008 as the national association for independent, community-based, abortion care providers and their allies. We collaborate to ensure all people have the right to supportive, respectful, and judgment-free abortion care.
Abortion Finder is an online directory of providers that helps you find a provider near you after the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision as a project under Power to Decide.
The National Abortion Federation (NAF) is a professional association of abortion providers from the United States and Canada. Associated members of the NAF include clinics, Planned Parenthood affiliates, private physicians' offices, and hospitals who support people seeking abortion each year.
In 1995 Abortion Clinics Online (ACOL) became the first and largest online directory for abortion clinic websites. The online resource will help users find referrals to nearby reputable and trusted abortion care providers.
I Need An A is an online directory of abortion care providers that is continuously updated with real-time information about providers and services. It is endorsed by the Abortion Care Network.
Planned Parenthood delivers trusted reproductive healthcare, sex education, advocacy efforts around the world. Millions of people worldwide benefit from services and partnerships with Planned Parenthood.
Get support
While abortion is very common, with one in four American women having had an abortion by the age of 45, the experience is rarely talked about. These organizations offer support to abortion-seekers, including financial support, practical support, or just listening. This list is non-exhaustive. If you're looking for a local resource, talk to your provider or clinic staff for more information.
All-Options, formerly known as Backline, is an advocacy organization that uses direct service and social change strategies to promote judgment-free support for people in all of their decisions and experiences with pregnancy, parenting, abortion, and adoption. These issues are complex, but one thing is certain: Everyone deserves to have all options.
Connect & Breathe is a national talk line that strives to provide a safe space for people to talk about their abortion experiences. Specially trained volunteers support visitors to the talk line by listening and providing unbiased support.
Apiary connects abortion-seekers with national, regional, and local groups that provide logistical assistance. Logistical assistance includes things like transportation, lodging, and childcare.
The National Network of Abortion Funds supports abortion care seekers by eliminating financial and logistical barriers to abortion access. The NNAF builds power with members by centering people who have had abortions and organizing at the intersections of racial, economic, and reproductive justice.
Bedsider is operated by Power to Decide and provides an online birth control support network. Power to Decide ensures young people are empowered to decide if, when, and under what circumstances to get pregnant—increasing their opportunity to determine their own futures.
safe2choose is a social enterprise that supports the freedom to choose around the world. safe2choose provides online counseling and information, and is also a resource for referrals.
You can get support for paying for an abortion
While abortion care providers aim to keep their prices affordable, paying for an abortion can be a significant barrier to care. There are many resources and groups that can help you pay for abortion care if you need assistance. Depending on where you live and your health insurance, your abortion care may even be covered. Talk to staff at your clinic to understand if your health insurance (including Medicaid) covers abortion.
If you don't have insurance or it doesn't cover some or all of your abortion care, you may qualify for financial assistance from a justice fund. Justice funds help people pay for the treatment and related costs, such as travel, lodging, or childcare. National Abortion Federation and Planned Parenthood clinics have a justice fund that patients can access through the organizations' toll-free hotline. To find local resources, visit the National Network of Abortion Funds website to see a compilation of contact information. For more information on these resources, use the links below.
National Abortion Federation operates a hotline, case management services and limited financial assistance
Planned Parenthood can help you locate a health center or get information on justice funds
National Network of Abortion Funds helps identify sources of financial and logistical support
Remember that you are not alone
Reading others' experiences with abortion can provide comfort and support. While each person's abortion journey is unique, there are many common experiences and emotions. There are a wealth of abortion storytelling spaces where you can read people's stories in their own words. Please use the list below to read more:
Healthcare professional organizations
The following professional organizations include providers who have specialized knowledge and training in reproductive healthcare.
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) is an association that represents certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) and certified midwives (CMs) in the United States. ACNM strengthens the capacity of midwives both in the United States and in developing countries by providing a professional standard of distinct midwifery education and practice.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) was founded in 1951 with the goal of creating a professional membership organization for providers and improving women's health.
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) is an association that supports reproductive medicine through education, research, and advocacy.
The Kenneth J. Ryan Residency Training Program in Abortion and Family Planning is a national training initiative that offers formal abortion and family training for medical residents specializing in obstetrics and gynecology.
Physicians for Reproductive Health is an association of doctors championing reproductive healthcare and rights through scientific evidence, provider training, and organized action.
Research organizations
Learn more about the research organizations conducting the latest trustworthy research on abortion and reproductive health.
The UCSF Bixby Center engages in research, training, and advocacy to advance reproductive health policy and practice worldwide.
The Guttmacher Institute leads sexual and reproductive health research and policy organizing in the United States and globally.
Gynuity is an organization that develops and advocates for the use of scientific, clinical and programmatic evidence in reproductive and maternal health to extend the benefits of medical science and technology to everyone, assuring that each individual benefits from the fruits of medical science and technology.
Advocacy organizations
The advocacy organizations listed here are dedicated to changing the perception of abortion, reproductive care, and sexual health in the US.
Working as a catalyst for abortion justice, All* Above All accelerates strategy, shapes narratives, advances abortion policy, and builds networks.
The ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project works to ensure every person is able to make the best reproductive decision for themselves and their family, including whether and when to have a child without political restrictions on an individual's choice.
The Center for Reproductive Rights is an organization composed of lawyers and advocates for global human rights ensuring all reproductive rights are protected in law for the dignity, equality, health, and well-being of every person.
A partnership of eight Black women's reproductive justice organizations, In Our Own Voice educates and mobilizes Black women, femmes, and girls on issues including abortion access, contraceptive equity, and comprehensive sexuality education.
Reproductive Freedom For All is made up of over 2 million members fighting for reproductive freedom for every person in the United States. The organization mobilizes people daily by fighting for access to abortion care, birth control, paid parental leave and protections from pregnancy discrimination.
Third Wave Fund works nationally as a feminist, activist organization to support young women and transgender youth ages 15 to 30 through grant making, leadership development, and philanthropic advocacy in support of gender, racial, economic, and social justice.
UltraViolet is a powerful community of over 1 million people across the country driven to enact feminist cultural and political change for women and girls of all identities by disrupting patriarchy and creating a cost for sexism.
Important Safety Information
What is the most important information I should know about Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg?
What symptoms should I be concerned with? Although cramping and bleeding are an expected part of ending a pregnancy, rarely, serious and potentially life-threatening bleeding, infections, or other problems can occur following a miscarriage, surgical abortion, medical abortion, or childbirth. Seeking medical attention as soon as possible is needed in these circumstances. Serious infection has resulted in death in a very small number of cases. There is no information that use of Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg, and misoprostol caused these deaths. If you have any questions, concerns, or problems, or if you are worried about any side effects or symptoms, you should contact your healthcare provider.
Be sure to contact your healthcare provider promptly if you have any of the following:
Heavy Bleeding. Contact your healthcare provider right away if you bleed enough to soak through two thick full-size sanitary pads per hour for two consecutive hours or if you are concerned about heavy bleeding. In about 1 out of 100 women, bleeding can be so heavy that it requires a surgical procedure (surgical aspiration or D&C).
Abdominal Pain or "Feeling Sick." If you have abdominal pain or discomfort, or you are "feeling sick," including weakness, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, with or without fever, more than 24 hours after taking misoprostol, you should contact your healthcare provider without delay. These symptoms may be a sign of a serious infection or another problem (including an ectopic pregnancy, a pregnancy outside the womb).
Fever. In the days after treatment, if you have a fever of 100.4°F or higher that lasts for more than 4 hours, you should contact your healthcare provider right away. Fever may be a symptom of a serious infection or another problem.
If you cannot reach your healthcare provider, go to the nearest hospital emergency room. Take the Medication Guide with you. When you visit an emergency room or a healthcare provider who did not give you your Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg, you should give them your Medication Guide so that they understand that you are having a medical abortion with Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg.
What to do if you are still pregnant after Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg with misoprostol treatment. If you are still pregnant, your healthcare provider will talk with you about a surgical procedure to end your pregnancy. In many cases, this surgical procedure can be done in the office/clinic. The chance of birth defects if the pregnancy is not ended is unknown.
Talk with your healthcare provider. Before you take Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg, you should read the Medication Guide and you and your healthcare provider should discuss the benefits and risks of your using Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg.
What is Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg?
Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg is used in a regimen with another prescription medicine called misoprostol to end an early pregnancy. Early pregnancy means it is 70 days (10 weeks) or less since your last menstrual period began. Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg is not approved for ending pregnancies that are further along. Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg blocks a hormone needed for your pregnancy to continue. When you use Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg on Day 1, you also need to take another medicine called misoprostol 24 to 48 hours after you take Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg to cause the pregnancy to be passed from your uterus.
The pregnancy is likely to be passed from your uterus within 2 to 24 hours after taking Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg and misoprostol. When the pregnancy is passed from the uterus, you will have bleeding and cramping that will likely be heavier than your usual period. About 2 to 7 out of 100 women taking Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg will need a surgical procedure because the pregnancy did not completely pass from the uterus or to stop bleeding.
Who should not take Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg?
Some patients should not take Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg. Do not take Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg if you:
- Have a pregnancy that is more than 70 days (10 weeks). Your healthcare provider may do a clinical examination, an ultrasound examination, or other testing to determine how far along you are in pregnancy.
- Are using an IUD (intrauterine device or system). It must be taken out before you take Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg.
- Have been told by your healthcare provider you have a pregnancy outside the uterus (ectopic pregnancy).
- Have problems with your adrenal glands (chronic adrenal failure).
- Take medicine to thin your blood.
- Have a bleeding problem.
- Have porphyria.
- Take certain steroid medicines.
- Are allergic to mifepristone, misoprostol or medicines that contain misoprostol, such as Cytotec or Arthrotec.
Ask your healthcare provider if you are not sure about all your medical conditions before taking this medicine to find out if you can take Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before taking Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg?
Before you take Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg, tell your healthcare provider if you:
- Cannot follow-up within approximately 7 to 14 days of your first visit.
- Are breastfeeding. Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg can pass into your breast milk. The effect of the Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg and misoprostol regimen on the breastfed infant or on milk production is unknown.
- Are taking medicines, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg and certain other medicines may affect each other if they are used together. This can cause side effects.
How should I take Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg?
Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg will be given to you by a healthcare provider or pharmacy.
You and your healthcare provider will plan the most appropriate location for you to take the misoprostol, because it may cause bleeding, cramps, nausea, diarrhea, and other symptoms that usually begin within 2 to 24 hours after taking it.
Most women will pass the pregnancy within 2 to 24 hours after taking the misoprostol tablets.
Follow the instruction below on how to take Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg and misoprostol:
Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg (1 tablet) orally + misoprostol (4 tablets) buccally
Day 1:
Take 1 Mifepristone 200 mg Tablet by mouth.
24 to 48 hours after taking Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg:
Take 4 misoprostol tablets by placing 2 tablets in each cheek pouch (the area between your teeth and cheek) for 30 minutes and then swallow anything left over with a drink of water or another liquid.
The medicines may not work as well if you take misoprostol sooner than 24 hours after Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg or later than 48 hours after Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg.
Misoprostol often causes cramps, nausea, diarrhea, and other symptoms. Your healthcare provider may send you home with medicines for these symptoms.
Follow-up Assessment at Day 7 to 14:
This follow-up assessment is very important. You must follow up with your healthcare provider about 7 to 14 days after you have taken Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg, to be sure you are well, that you have had bleeding, and the pregnancy has passed from your uterus.
Your healthcare provider will assess whether your pregnancy has passed from your uterus. If your pregnancy continues, the chance that there may be birth defects is unknown. If you are still pregnant, your healthcare provider will talk with you about a surgical procedure to end your pregnancy.
If your pregnancy has ended, but not yet completely passed from your uterus, your provider will talk with you about other choices you have, including waiting, taking another dose of misoprostol, or having a surgical procedure to empty your uterus.
When should I begin birth control?
You can become pregnant again right after your pregnancy ends. If you do not want to become pregnant again, start using birth control as soon as your pregnancy ends or before you start having sexual intercourse again.
What should I avoid while taking Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg and misoprostol?
Do not take any other prescription or over-the-counter medicines (including herbal medicines or supplements) at any time during the treatment period without first asking your healthcare provider about them because they may interfere with the treatment. Ask your healthcare provider about what medicines you can take for pain and other side effects.
What are the possible side effects of Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg and misoprostol?
Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg may cause serious side effects. See "What is the most important information I should know about Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg?" above.
Cramping and bleeding. Cramping and vaginal bleeding are expected with this treatment. Usually, these symptoms mean that the treatment is working. But sometimes you can get cramping and bleeding and still be pregnant. This is why you must follow-up with your healthcare provider approximately 7 to 14 days after taking Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg. See "How should I take Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg?" for more information on your follow-up assessment. If you are not already bleeding after taking Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg, you probably will begin to bleed once you take misoprostol, the medicine you take 24 to 48 hours after Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg. Bleeding or spotting can be expected for an average of 9 to 16 days and may last for up to 30 days. Your bleeding may be similar to, or greater than, a normal heavy period. You may see blood clots and tissue. This is an expected part of passing the pregnancy.
The most common side effects of Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg treatment include: nausea, weakness, fever/chills, vomiting, headache, diarrhea and dizziness. Your provider will tell you how to manage any pain or other side effects. These are not all the possible side effects of Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg.
Call your healthcare provider for medical advice about any side effects that bother you or do not go away. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
General information about the safe and effective use of Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg.
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You may ask your healthcare provider for information about Mifepristone Tablets, 200 mg, that is written for healthcare professionals.
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