Poll shows most Americans value safety over access on abortion pill

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Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed) **FILE**

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed) **FILE** Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit … more >

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The abortion pill may be the most common method of U.S. elective pregnancy termination, but many Americans still have concerns about its safety, according to a newly released poll.

An Americans United for Life/YouGov poll unveiled Thursday showed that 86% of respondents support having healthcare providers educate patients and obtain informed consent before prescribing mifepristone, one of two pills in the abortion protocol.

More than two-thirds of adults, or 68%, agreed that patient safety should take priority over ease of access in determining how mifepristone is dispensed.