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Trump Says He Won’t Block Abortion Pills

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will not hinder access to the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol, attempting to dispel fears that his second administration will be detrimental to abortion rights at the federal level.

Trump told Time magazine for his Person of the Year interview that it has “always been [his] commitment” not to limit access to abortion pills, adding that he has always been “against stopping it.”

The statements from Trump will likely agitate anti-abortion members of his party, especially since the GOP leader distanced himself from their cause during his 2024 campaign, taking a states’ rights approach.

However, the blow is softened by the reality that the focus of anti-abortion policy groups this past year has not necessarily been to ban abortion pills outright but rather restore tighter regulations related to dispensing requirements.

Access to the abortion pill mifepristone and the brand name drug Mifeprex expanded under the Biden administration in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, the Food and Drug Administration removed requirements for patients to see a physician in person prior to being prescribed mifepristone, allowing the abortifacient to be sold online and by mail.

In 2016, the FDA also increased the gestational age that mifepristone was deemed safe to use from seven weeks to 10 weeks of pregnancy.

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