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 ...

Rather than using mifepristone (also known by its brand name, Mifeprex) and misoprostol, 97% of women in the study successfully ended their pregnancies by replacing mifepristone with ulipristal ...

Mifeprex works by blocking progesterone, a hormone necessary for the uterus to support a developing pregnancy. The lining of the uterus softens without adequate progesterone, and begins to break down.

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 indictment comes just months after Louisiana became the first state with a law to reclassify both mifepristone and misoprostol as “controlled dangerous substances.” The drugs are still ...