This factsheet was originally published by The Guttmacher Institute, “How to Counter 10 False Narratives About Abortion in an Age of Misinformation.”

Misinformation about abortion care is rampant and being weaponized at state and federal levels to justify wide-ranging restrictions across the United States.

Ensuring awareness of these narratives, and combatting them with rigorous data and evidence, is critical both for preventing them from becoming entrenched in law and for rolling back harmful policies rooted in misinformation.

This fact sheet offers evidence-based statements to counter 10 common but false narratives about abortion, and offers readers additional ways to dive deeper into the following topics.

1. Safety of Medication Abortion

Mifepristone—one of two drugs used in the most common medication abortion regimen in the United States—is safe and effective.

• Antiabortion policymakers and activists are using false and misleading claims to cast doubt on mifepristone’s safety and efficacy, and to push the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reimpose medically unnecessary restrictions.
• 65 percent of abortions in the United States were medication abortions in 2023, and decades of evidence from the United States and around the world have clearly established mifepristone’s strong safety profile. Other medication abortion regimens, such as those that use misoprostol alone, also have a long-established safety record.
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