Key Takeaways
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is conducting a safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone
The review comes after conservative and anti-abortion groups raised concerns about the drug and access to it
The review may alter how the drug is prescribed, but an outright ban is unlikely
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