A federal judge halted the government’s approval of mifepristone on Friday, one of two drugs typically taken in a medication abortion, prompting abortion providers and multiple states to look to ...

With a federal judge's recent ruling clouding the future availability of mifepristone for terminating pregnancies, attention has shifted to the efficacy of another abortion drug, misoprostol. Experts ...

A federal judge in Texas on Friday suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s longtime approval of the drug mifepristone for use in medication abortions, a ruling that is set to go into effect on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol still available across the U.S.? Here's what experts say. (Illustration: Nathalie ...

Phoenix, AZ, Sept. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In May of 2024, Louisiana enacted a law classifying mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV controlled dangerous substances, akin to medications ...

As the Supreme Court weighs the future of mifepristone, a key abortion drug used for terminating early pregnancies, the threat of restricting its use has also put the spotlight on a second medication, ...

Several states say they are stocking up on medications used to induce abortions as a major abortion pill appears poised to potentially become unavailable in the U.S. New York has become the latest ...

Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, anti-abortion advocates have gone after access to abortion pills, which have allowed people to continue terminating their pregnancies even in states that have banned the ...

Louisiana hospitals have locked up a key drug used to stop women from bleeding out after giving birth as a new state law takes effect Tuesday. The law, named Act 246, classifies two common pregnancy ...

Louisiana doctors say they still have plenty of questions about how they will be able to access a life-saving drug once it’s placed under restricted access starting next month — even after state ...

About half of people who get legal abortions in the United States — and three-quarters in Europe — use medication abortion. By Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz Mifepristone is used as part of ...