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More than one in 20 women need a second abortion attempt after the abortion pill fails, a new analysis of insurance claim data shows. Over 5% of women had to undergo a repeat abortion attempt within 45 days of taking mifepristone, indicating that the first mifepristone abortion attempt failed, according to an analysis from the Ethics and Public Policy Center released Monday. The Center analyzed insurance claims data from 865,727 mifepristone abortions between 2017 and 2023. A total of 45,498 women needed a second abortion attempt to complete their abortions...