The FDA has loosened restrictions to mifepristone access. New regulations permit mifepristone, the first of two pills used for medication abortion at up to 10 weeks' gestation, to be sold at retail drugstores, not just through specially certified physicians, clinics, and mail-order pharmacies as had been the case. Misoprostol, the second pill used in the procedure, never had special restrictions. A prescription is required for both medications. These medications are not to be confused with those used for emergency contraception, known as levonorgestrel (Plan B One-Step), and colloquially as the "morning-after pill." In fact, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently changed the language on packages of Plan B One-Step to make it clear that it is not an abortion medication, stating that it "works before release of an egg from the ovary" and that it does not work once pregnancy has begun.