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

Mifepristone has been discussed in more than 780 medical reviews and used in more than 630 published clinical trials, the AMA said. It has also long been approved for use in 19 countries.

Mifepristone's approval has been questioned before. This isn't the first time there have been allegations that the FDA bungled the approval of mifepristone, which was known as RU-486 early on.

Walgreens on Friday said it will not distribute abortion medication in 20 states, bowing to pressure from anti-abortion lawmakers and lawsuits targeting the legality of medication abortion.

Today the Supreme Court held that anti-abortion doctors lack standing to challenge the Food and Drug Administration's regulations governing mifepristone. This was as expected. Justice Kavanaugh ...

In the past, patients had to pick up prescriptions for mifepristone at their provider’s office, Moore said. In 2023, the Food and Drug Administration ruled retail pharmacies could get certified ...

Mifepristone blocks a hormone called progesterone, which helps the body maintain the inside of the uterus so a pregnancy can continue. A healthy uterine lining is what supports a fertilized egg ...

As of December 2022, the FDA estimated that nearly 6 million women in the U.S. had used mifepristone. In 22 years of use, the ...

The abortion pill mifepristone will remain available in the U.S., for now. NPR's Adrian Florido talks to Julie Rovner of KFF Health News.

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case challenging a series of actions the FDA took in 2016 and 2021 that made the abortion pill mifepristone easier to obtain.

Mifepristone is the first of a two-drug regimen that has long been the standard for medication abortion in the US since it was approved by the FDA in 2000.