After informed consent and consultation between the midwife and attending obstetrician, the plan to administer 25 mcg of misoprostol (Cytotec) per vagina, every 4 hours, for up to 6 doses ...

A federal judge in Texas ruled that three other states can join a case challenging online prescriptions ... The second pill, misoprostol, is taken between 24 to 48 hours after mifepristone to ...

Since its approval in France in 1988, the abortifacient mifepristone (RU486) has proven to be a safe, effective, acceptable option for millions of women seeking abortion during the first several ...

Three Republican-led states will be allowed to move forward with a lawsuit to restrict access to mifepristone, a Texas ...

Mifepristone is taken along with another drug, misoprostol, to end a pregnancy. The combined treatment is known as the “abortion pill” or medication abortion. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

Previously, Kacsmaryk sided with a group of anti-abortion doctors and organizations that wanted the FDA to be forced to rescind entirely its approval of mifepristone in 2000. The Supreme Court ...