Tufts University now offering students abortion pills
The pills are mifepristone and misoprostol.
Tufts University is now offering medication abortion pills for students on campus, praising the pills for being effective and safe. The pills are mifepristone and misoprostol.
“Essentially, medication abortion is the process of using … two different medications to end the pregnancy,” Dr. Marie Caggiano, medical director for Tufts Health Service, said, according to The Tufts Daily. “Medication abortion is very, very safe and effective … up to [the] first trimester [of a] pregnancy.”
Caggiano also noted that in offering abortion pills, the university is taking a burden off of abortion providers in the area.
“We may be offloading some centers that provide abortion, like Planned Parenthoods and other places who might need to be seeing more folks traveling from out of state,” she said.
One reason for the move is the Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson, overturning Roe v. Wade.
“With the Supreme Court decision, it was just very clear that this was something that was very, very important to those of us in [Massachusetts],” Alexandra Donovan, director of the Tufts Center for Awareness, Resources and Education said.
Campus Reform contacted Tufts University for comment. This story will be updated accordingly.
