""People are afraid, and they're angry," says Carafem's chief operations officer, Melissa Grant. "I had people contact us saying, This can't be true. Do you still have the medication available? Can't you just give it to me? They were bargaining.""
""We feel comfortable prescribing it," says Grant, referring to the misoprostol-only regimen that Carafem adopted in response to the ruling."
""Planned Parenthood providers are doing everything they can to make sure patients know that medication abortion is still safe, legal, and available," says Danika Severino, vice president of care and access at Planned Parenthood Federation of America."
"The Supreme Court offered a temporary reprieve, pausing the appeals court ruling for a week, allowing patients to once again get mifepristone through virtual clinics."
A federal appeals court reinstated a requirement for in-person pickup of mifepristone, leading to increased calls to abortion provider Carafem. Patients expressed fear and anger over access to medication abortions. In response, Carafem began prescribing misoprostol alone, which is less effective but previously used. Planned Parenthood clinics also adopted this approach. The Supreme Court temporarily paused the ruling, allowing virtual access to mifepristone until May 11, with providers ready to revert to misoprostol-only if needed.
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