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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the fate of mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill, plays out in US courts, health-care providers have another drug they can continue to use to offer medication abortion. Misoprostol is ...

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 ...

About 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 used as part of ...

With a federal judge's recent ruling clouding the future availability of mifepristone for terminating pregnancies, attention has shifted to the efficacy of another abortion drug, misoprostol. Experts ...