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In a letter dated Sept. 30, the agency approved an additional generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone, this one by ...

In mid-September 2025, a claim spread online that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had said birth control pills and IUDs were abortions. Here's what the Trump administration said, ...

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The FDA has approved a generic form of the abortion pill mifepristone on Sept. 30, just before the government shutdown.The ...

In her book “This Is Your Brain on Birth Control,” researcher Sarah Hill challenges the estimated 46 million American women using a form of hormonal contraception to consider how it can affect the way ...

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The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign ...