Attorneys and scholars disagree on whether a recent ruling that the FDA’s heightened mifepristone regulations don’t override ...

The father of the abortion pill has died, but questions over the safety of his creation live on. Étienne-Émile Baulieu, the scientist who developed RU-486, which also known as mifepristone, died ...

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said he plans to review the safety of abortion drug mifepristone after a recent study raised concerns about medical side effects.

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary confirmed in a Monday letter to the Missouri senator that the agency will conduct a safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone. Makary’s ...

Supreme Court returns to explosive issue of abortion in case that may sharply limit access to common abortion drug, mifepristone.

The FDA monitors postmarketing data for Mifeprex and its approved generic equivalent, and as of February 2025, it has not identified new safety concerns.

The FDA-approved abortion pill mifepristone is under scrutiny as the new Republican administration takes charge ...

The doctors also had to be capable of performing emergency surgery to stop excess bleeding and an abortion procedure if the drug didn’t end the pregnancy.Over time, the FDA reaffirmed mifepristone’s ...