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

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

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 ...

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

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?

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

A Louisiana grand jury on Friday indicted a New York doctor for enabling the termination of a minor's pregnancy by prescribing an abortion bill. The grand jury also indicted the minor's mother, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...