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?

The goal of this study was to determine if ulipristal acetate and misoprostol could provide a safe and effective alternative to current medication abortion regimens, Bousiéguez told MedPage Today.

This process takes several days. A second medication, misoprostol, causes the uterus to contract, expelling the lining and terminating the pregnancy. Mifeprex can be used only in the very early stages ...

The indictment comes just months after Louisiana became the first state with a law to reclassify both mifepristone (Mifeprex) and misoprostol as "controlled dangerous substances." The drugs are ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Louisiana is criminalizing the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol ...

The FDA first approved the use of mifepristone with misoprostol as a two-drug regimen to terminate pregnancy in 2000, but according to the complaint the agency "exceeded its regulatory authority ...

The FDA approved mifepristone (Mifeprex) and misoprostol for medication abortion in 2000, and "this regimen now constitutes a substantial proportion of abortions in places where mifepristone is ...

Dr. Margaret Carpenter and her company, Nightingale Medical, were charged with criminal abortion for sending an abortion pill to a patient in Louisiana.