Given that there are data to suggest that early pregnancy can be terminated medically using only vaginal misoprostol without mifepristone (Contraception 2004;70:121–6), this might be considered as a possible primary prevention strategy, Dr. McGregor said.
Alternatively, medical abortions could be limited to the FDA-approved regimen of 600 mg oral mifepristone followed within 2 days by 400 mcg oral misoprostol, as Planned Parenthood has done, he suggested.
Dr. Ault advised that physicians present patients with the risks and benefits of all of the medical and surgical termination options and obtain informed consent.