Dr. Angel Foster

We have a lot of experience using this regimen internationally in places where mifepristone is not available.

So we have this very good alternative regimen.

The regimen does have more side effects that are associated with it because there's more mesoprostol and mesoprostol is the drug that really has the side effects.

And so we want patients... The side effects that people associate with abortion?

With medication abortion.

And there's ongoing research to really look at the efficacy or the completion rate with mesoprostol.

Right.

I mean, I think of it as being less comfortable.

We do know that people who use misoprostol alone all over the world are very satisfied with the regimen and have good outcomes.

But it, you know...

But we have a gold standard, and that gold standard involves Mifepristone, and there's a reason for that.

It makes for a more comfortable and shorter process.

You know, this decision that the Fifth Circuit issued was in addition to being fair.

a travesty and not grounded in science was also cruel.

It was cruel because it didn't take into consideration that there were real people who were in the process of getting abortion care and that this would wreak havoc on their ability to do that and cause a lot of stress and anxiety.

And it's cruel because we can pivot to another regimen, but it's a regimen that is potentially less comfortable for patients.

And it's really...

Feels like it's a way of trying to punish people for getting the abortion care they want, need, and deserve.

Right.

And the thing that really keeps me up at night is what's happening within emergency departments in the United States right now.