The women who come to the Red River Women’s Clinic, in Fargo, N.D., arrive with a range of reasons for choosing medication that induces abortion: “less traumatic,” “not as invasive,” “no needles,” “more personal,” and on.

The factors women consider in their choice of medication abortion are many, and their decision is steeped in common sense and personal understanding. The technological advances that made medication abortion possible have made a huge difference for more than one million American women. …