Mifepristone

Mifepristone, also known as RU-486, is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion during pregnancy and manage early miscarriage.Soumyabrata Roy | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesDrug company Danco…

In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesHouse Democrats on Thursday called on Walmart, Costco, Kroger,…

Lawmakers in South Carolina passed an abortion ban while a judge in Montana was weighing restrictions there in the latest developments in the shifting landscape of law since the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade and…

Federal appeals court judges on Wednesday appeared to express support for opponents of the abortion pill mifepristone to pursue their challenge to its U.S. approval, which has potentially far-reaching consequences for abortion access…

Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, is prepared for a patient at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, April 20, 2023.Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersA federal appeals court will hear arguments Wednesday afternoon in…

In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesThe abortion pill mifepristone is either banned or restricted to…

The escalation of attacks on access to abortion in the United States since the fall of Roe v. Wade last year should “spur” Canada to get its own house in order to provide safe and stable access, experts warn. In a high-stakes case on…

Issued on: 22/04/2023 - 01:18Modified: 22/04/2023 - 02:03 The US Supreme Court on Friday temporarily preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, freezing rulings by…

Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, April 15, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court on Friday ordered the abortion pill mifepristone to remain broadly…

Protestors demonstrate at the March for Reproductive Rights organized by Women’s March L.A. on April 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (AFP)The nation's highest court has until midnight Friday (0400 GMT Saturday) to decide how it will…