A recent lightning rod for abortion opponents, the drug mifepristone—the first of two in the standard medication abortion regimen—surfaced several times during Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s first Senate ...

We urge that in determining how this regimen will be approved and regulated in the United States, the FDA should consider the enviable safety and efficacy record of mifepristone and misoprostol ...

Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, allowed three states to go forward with a lawsuit that seeks to change how ...

Missouri, Kansas and Idaho can press forward with their lawsuit to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone, a federal judge ruled Thursday, months after the US Supreme Court had rejected an ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug to treat a disorder causing the growth of noncancerous tumors on ...

The Feminist Majority Foundation, they were heroic. They collected over 700,000 petitions from people across the United ...

The birth control ingredient name-dropped in Project 2025 is suddenly getting new attention, thanks to research suggesting it could serve as a mifepristone substitute.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as President Donald Trump’s health secretary Thursday, but what exactly does the Health and Human Services Department do and what is his role?

Pro-choice advocates say the science is settled on the abortion pill mifepristone, but critics argue that better safeguards ...

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?

First, let’s break down how we ended up here. The FDA approved mifepristone for medication abortion in September 2000, but people who were prescribed the drug could only get it by going to an ...