A medication abortion involves taking both mifepristone and misoprostol, but experts say that misoprostol alone is a safe and effective method. (Getty Images) Adding to the confusion is the fact that another federal judge, based in Washington state, ruled ...

Misoprostol is FDA-approved to reduce the risk of gastric stomach ulcers caused by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in adults. It’s available as the brand-name drug Cytotec. Misoprostol can be prescribed off-label to induce a medical abortion.

More than half of people who get legal abortions in the United States — and three-quarters in Europe — use medication abortion. By Claire Cain Miller and Margot Sanger-Katz Mifepristone is one of two drugs used in a medication abortion. It is combined ...

Washington, D.C. — On March 26, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This case poses a direct threat to the safety, availability, and use of mifepristone, part ...

The median time from induction to delivery was 10 hours after administration of both mifepristone and misoprostol, significantly lower than the 17 hours after administration of misoprostol alone, reported Kaitlyn Mayer, MD, of Virginia Commonwealth ...

The drug, misoprostol, was not part of a federal judge’s recent ruling invalidating the F.D.A. approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. By Pam Belluck An order by a federal judge in Texas invalidating the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone ...

WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - Use of the drug misoprostol on its own to terminate pregnancies is on the rise in the United States as providers seek a preemptive alternative while a ban on abortion pill mifepristone is being considered in court.