Pro-choice advocates say the science is settled on the abortion pill mifepristone, but critics argue that better safeguards ...

A new study shows a possible new abortion drug to replace mifepristone. But will these results increase abortion access—or restrict women's reproductive health options down the line?

The goal of this study was to determine if ulipristal acetate and misoprostol could provide a safe and effective alternative ...

Abortion pills are a combination of two medications- mifepristone and misoprostol, which are consumed in two separate doses.

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That efficacy rate is similar to the gold-standard regimen of mifepristone plus misoprostol, though there were no comparison groups in this proof-of-concept study. Conservatives have long wanted to ...

The 97 percent abortion success rate is comparable to mifepristone’s success rate ... Both received two follow-up misoprostol doses to terminate the pregnancies. Misoprostol worked for ...

Mifepristone is under attack by abortion opponents, with several states seeking in federal court to restrict its use.

The indictment comes just months after Louisiana became the first state with a law to reclassify both mifepristone and misoprostol as “controlled dangerous substances.” The drugs are still ...

AND IT’S ACTUALLY TWO MEDICATIONS. IT’S ONE CALLED MIFEPRISTONE AND A SECOND ONE CALLED MISOPROSTOL. AND THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT TO GET MIFEPRISTONE, THAT FIRST DRUG TAKEN OFF OF THE MARKET ...