The research could further complicate the polarized politics of abortion because the drug in the study is the key ingredient ...

The Vatican and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have warned for years that emergency contraceptives could induce ...

similarly mirror mifepristone’s failure rate. One woman was admitted to the emergency department three days after she was administered the chemical abortive “with heavy bleeding.” ...

Mifepristone and misoprostol are the two drugs used in a medication abortion. However, a new study ... [+] shows that ulipristal acetate is combination with misoprostol could also successfully ...

An emergency contraception pill could be repurposed as an abortion drug and possibly be an alternative to mifepristone, a new study suggests Mifepristone blocks a hormone needed to sustain a ...

A trial is underway on North Dakota’s ban on gender-affirming care for kids Mifepristone has been under attack by abortion opponents, with several states seeking in federal court to restrict its ...

Mifepristone has been under attack by abortion opponents, with several states seeking in federal court to restrict its use. Now used in two-thirds of U.S. abortions, mifepristone blocks a hormone ...

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 ...

The states want the federal Food and Drug Administration to prohibit telehealth prescriptions for mifepristone and require that it be used only in the first seven weeks of pregnancy instead of the ...

Studies have repeatedly shown that a lower dose of mifepristone can act as an effective emergency contraceptive when taken soon after unprotected sex, with few side effects. It’s sold that way ...

The authors pointed out that mifepristone and ulipristal acetate have similarities, including that both bind to the progesterone receptor, have a wide margin of safety, similar chemical structures ...

A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, providing a possible alternative to mifepristone, one of the two drugs ...