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Abortion pill that will allow women to kill their babies early during pregnancy is given approval in Canada. After one of the lengthiest processes ever on record the drug was approved and will be available for use starting this July.

The drug when used within 49 days of pregnancy it induces abortion typically like a natural miscarriage. The drug sold in Canada with the name Mifegymiso, comes with a two-step regimen, first and second being mifepristone and misoprostol respectively.

However, Health Canada's restrictions have it that women will not have access to the pills at the drug stores as prescriptions won't be handed over to them by the doctors. Moreover, under restricted drug access program doctors that get certified after completing an online training program only will be allowed to prescribe and dispense the pills.

The drug has received criticism from all over the country for different reasons. Women health advocates are displeased with Health Canada's restriction over the drug as it denies the opportunity of women in having an early abortion.

The usage of the Mifegymiso might also have restrictions like that of suspected drug diversion or misuse as women might require being in doctor's surveillance while taking the first dose.

"There is no evidence in any jurisdiction that women would seek and obtain a mifepristone prescription, yet not use it," said Dr. Wendy Norman, a leading researcher in sexual and reproductive health at the University of British Columbia, according to National Post. "This requirement is medically unnecessary and demeaning to Canadian women."

Norman also noted that most of the physicians are not planning for prescribing the pills since it is tedious for them to order and stock the drug at their expense. The doctors have to take the payment for the pills from the patients themselves, which is estimated to cost them $270 per package.

"There are all kinds of reasons why it's better for women to have access to professional medical care" said Vicki Saporta, president of the National Abortion Federation, US, while sharing her opinion on self-induced abortion, reported Life News. "But when that is not available, and there is a desperate situation, these drugs are very effective, and women can safely terminate a pregnancy," she added.