Dr. Angel Foster

And sometimes I'm confused about what some of these decisions mean.

For our patients who are maybe reading the headlines and don't really understand why

What's happening in the broader politics of abortion, but what they want is to be unpregnant.

It makes them tremendously anxious.

You know, am I going to be able to get the abortion pills that I want?

Am I going to be able to be unpregnant quickly?

How do I do that?

Are you going to still be able to help me?

And if not, what do I do?

What is this court?

Why does somebody in Louisiana get to determine what I do?

I don't understand.

Abortion is legal in my state.

Or how does this affect me?

Just having no idea why something that a Fifth Circuit court would decide on a Friday afternoon would impact their ability to have an abortion or get pills sent to them on Monday.

So from the medical side, mesoprostol only or mesoprostol as a single abortifacient regimen is highly safe and effective.

We have evidence-based regimens that we use.

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.