A federal judge in Texas is allowing three other states to pursue a challenge seeking to restrict access to the abortion pill ...

Several states, including Massachusetts, began stockpiling the drug after a federal court ruling in Texas blocked the FDA’s ...

A Texas judge has allowed three states to move forward with a legal challenge seeking to impose stricter rules on the ...

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

Mifepristone is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to end pregnancy up to 10 weeks. In recent years, the FDA has loosened restrictions to allow patients to be assessed via telehealth ...

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 ...

The three states argue that the FDA's approval of mifepristone for use up to 10 weeks of pregnancy, along with its availability via telemedicine and mail, has contributed to what they view as a public ...

A federal judge in Texas ruled that three states can challenge the current rules of accessibility for abortion pills.

A patient prepares to take the first of two combination pills, mifepristone, for a medication abortion during a visit to a clinic in Kansas City, Kan., Oct. 12, 2022. Credit: AP/Charlie Riedel ...

It was launched in the UK in 1991 and the USA in 2000. Medical abortion works in two stages: First the women is given the drug mifepristone, which blocks a hormone needed to make fertilised eggs ...