mifepristone

Health & Safety

Restrictions On Abortion Medication Deserve A Second Look, Says A Former FDA Head

1:39pm August 20, 2019

by Luisa Torres

The FDA heavily restricted mifepristone — a drug that ends early pregnancies — when it approved it 19 years ago. A former FDA commissioner asks whether the current restrictions should be revisited.

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology says suggestions that a medical abortion can be reversed after more than an hour has passed aren't supported by scientific evidence.

National
Health & Safety

Controversial 'Abortion Reversal' Regimen Is Put To The Test

10:55am March 22, 2019

by Mara Gordon

Several states require doctors who perform medical abortions to tell their patients the procedure can be "reversed" with progesterone. There's an absence of evidence to support that contention.

Dr. Lisa Hofler runs a University of New Mexico clinic that stocks mifepristone but doesn't routinely provide prenatal care. She and her colleagues can schedule same-day appointments for women diagnosed with miscarriages elsewhere.

Health & Safety

A Drug That Eases Miscarriages Is Difficult For Women To Get

6:07pm January 10, 2019

Despite evidence that mifepristone can help recovery from miscarriages, access to the medicine, which is commonly used to provide abortions, remains limited.