Progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone, can be used to reverse the effects of mifepristone if taken soon after. “We know the abortion pill starves babies to death.

Fewer than 0.5% of people who take it have serious side effects, according to research. It is also just as safe and effective when prescribed via telehealth and sent by mail.

June 4 (UPI) -- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said he plans to review the safety of abortion drug mifepristone after a recent study raised concerns about medical side effects.

A growing body of research demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of self-managed abortion with pills, coupled with the ...

California and three other states have called on the FDA to ease restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, which they say has a strong safety record.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the abortion pill in 2000 and says it is safe for women to use up to 10 weeks into pregnancy. As with any medicine, some people suffer side effects.

Bonta said Thursday that mifepristone's placement under the FDA's Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy program for drugs with known, serious side effects was "medically unjustified," unduly ...

In the three years since Roe v. Wade was overturned on June 24, 2022, the increased availability and use of the abortion pill ...

The most common adverse event this paper found is referred to as “other abortion-specific complications,” experienced by 5.68 percent—more than half of their “adverse events”—of their ...

Why We Must Keep Talking About Abortion Pills As part of a delegation to Brazil, I saw how our countries’ respective struggles to maintain and expand reproductive justice are really part of the ...