Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he would study the abortion pill mifepristone for "safety issues" if confirmed to lead the ...

What is the shelf life of the abortion pill? Do abortion pills expire? Mifepristone usually has a shelf life of about five ...

A key issue in the hearing has been whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would increase scrutiny of the abortion drug mifepristone ...

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

A new study suggests that a pill used for emergency contraception could be repurposed at a higher dose as an abortion drug, ...

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

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?

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 ...

Last year, the Supreme Court preserved the Food and Drug Administration’s previous existing approval of mifepristone. As the drug faces greater legal challenges, and after the fall of Roe v.

A decision by a federal judge last week is reviving the effort to limit access to mifepristone, opening a fresh round of litigation over a widely used drug that has grown in importance since the ...

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 ...