New guidelines issued by the CDC are advising physicians address the pain for IUD insertion with various medication options. Misoprostol is not recommended for routine use for IUD placement. Lidocaine ...

I'm a home-birth midwife, and my child's birth lasted 34 hours. Before I got an IUD, I used misoprostol to soften my cervix and make the process more bearable. My second IUD insertion was so painful.

The modern IUD hit the market approximately 60 years ago. On Tuesday—for the first time ever—the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began to address IUD insertion pain. Updating their selected ...

A federal judge in Texas could rule as soon as today on whether to cut off access to a key medication abortion protocol, giving lawyers until day's end to submit additional arguments. Fearing another ...

As the wait continues for Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling in a case that challenges the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval process for mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication ...

Update, March 14: Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk scheduled a hearing in this highly consequential abortion pill case for Wednesday at 10 a.m. Eastern. He could issue a ruling on mifepristone any time ...