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When mifepristone was introduced in 2017 as a normal prescription medication, no immediate change in the abortion rate (\u22120.1 [95% CI, \u22120.7 to 0.8]) and a nonsignificant slope increase (0.6 [95% CI, \u22120.5 to 0.7]) were found. However, this trend resulted in an additional 1.5 (95% CI, 0.3-2.6) abortions per 1000 females by the first quarter of 2020 compared with premifepristone trends; rates increased more among those aged 15 to 19 years, less among those aged 35 to 44 years, and did not increase for those aged 25 to 29 years. During the pandemic period, abortion rates decreased by 1.2 (95% CI, \u22122.5 to \u22120.8), most pronounced among those aged 20 to 34 years. Compared with expected rates based on premifepristone trends, 5-year availability of normally prescribed mifepristone was associated with a rate difference of 1.9 (95% CI, 0.7-5.4) in 2022, with a greater increase among those aged 20 to 24 years (4.2 [95% CI, 1.5-9.0]) and no change among those aged 25 to 29 years (1.0 [95% CI, \u22121.7 to 6.2]). The increased abortion rate in 2022 was consistent with 5-year trends following normally prescribed mifepristone, although social forces potentially impacting international rates may have contributed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"ab-zoi250200-10\"><jats:title>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study found that, following longstanding declines, abortion rates in Ontario gradually increased with mifepristone availability in 2017 in Ontario. Following a pandemic-related decrease in rates (in 2020 and 2021), substantial increases in abortion rates reported elsewhere from 2020 to 2023 did not occur in Ontario as of 2022, suggesting that Ontario\u2019s health services environment and Canada\u2019s regulatory and policy approach to preserving reproductive health services may have helped stabilize abortion rates. 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