Abortion is safe. Restricting it is dangerous.

The most dangerous part of having an abortion in the U.S. is not the procedure itself, but the lies and laws that make it harder to access, according to a new study from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The March 2018 report found that even though laws making it harder for people to get an abortion are usually described as an attempt to protect them, putting up barriers to abortion access actually makes it harder find qualified providers who offer accurate information and safe care.

Despite the claims of anti-abortion activists, the report found no scientific proof that ending a pregnancy makes a woman any more likely to develop breast cancer, mental illness, or infertility later on.

The report also added yet more evidence that medication abortion is both safe and effective by pointing out that rules requiring a person to take abortion pills in front of a doctor or in "a facility with attributes of an ambulatory surgery center or hospital" don't increase the safety of what research has already found to be an extremely safe medication.

The abortion pill is safe if you take it in a medical office. Or with a nurse practitioner. Or at home, if you want a self-managed abortion. Get accurate, up-to-date information about every aspect of safe abortion with pills at AbortionPillInfo.com.