The 5th Circuit ruled on Aug. 16 that it would limit access to mifepristone, finding that the Food and Drug Administration overstepped its authority with a series of actions that made it easier ...

Mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortion, faces tighter restrictions than it has in years after a federal appeals court ordered a return to the rules that were put in place when the drug ...

FDA Commissioner Marty Makary’s pledge to reexamine the safety of medication abortion isn’t just pointless — it’s dangerous.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the FDA "to review the latest data on mifepristone​," but experts say concerns ...

A group of 53 biotech leaders are expressing their support for mifepristone in a letter to the Food and Drug Administration, ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday finalized a rule change that broadens availability of abortion pills to many more pharmacies, including large chains and mail-order companies.

The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it would permanently remove a key restriction on medication used to terminate pregnancies, allowing so-called "abortion pills" to be available ...

Mifepristone was authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2000. In the U.S., the drugs are approved up to 10 weeks' gestation, although the World Health Organization says they can be ...

On Friday, a federal judge in Texas ruled that the Food and Drug Administration didn't properly approve a drug which has been on the market for more than 20 years in the U.S. for medical abortions ...

Women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor’s office or clinic during ... The Food and Drug Administration announced the policy change a day earlier in a letter ...

The Friday-night ruling by Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk purporting to stay the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone for use in early abortions is a travesty — for women’s ...