Abby Wendle
Stories
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NPR's 'Embedded': Why doctors think women can have safe abortions without their help
Doctors have become increasingly supportive of self-managed abortion with pills, an abortion method that's become more common since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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This abortion method doesn't involve doctors — and many of them consider it safe
A growing body of research demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of self-managed abortion with pills, coupled with the global pandemic in 2020 and the fall of Roe in 2022, has many U.S. doctors changing their views.