Safety issues with medication abortion are extremely rare, experts emphasize. Meg Tirrell, CNN. ... the medical examiner’s report noted that she didn’t have a history of illicit drug use. ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the FDA "to review the latest data on mifepristone ," but experts say concerns about the abortion pill's safety are misguided.

T he Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration is promising a full agency review of the safety of chemical abortion drug mifepristone after a new study raised concerns about its effects.

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in a 2-1 vote that West Virginia can restrict access to the ...

The US Food and Drug Administration held off a legal challenge from a coalition of blue states over the abortion pill, ...

A 2021 review of agency records looking for deaths that were likely related to the drug identified 13, or 0.00027% of patients.Medical organizations supporting mifepristone’s availability say ...

Medication abortion has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration since 2000 and is currently cleared to end a pregnancy through 10 weeks of gestation.. Data shows that it’s now the ...

Safety issues with medication abortion are extremely rare, experts emphasize. By CNN. September 20, 2024. Share. Mifepristone, one of the drugs in a medication abortion, ...

(CNN) — Two Georgia mothers, Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, died in 2022 because of a lack of care most likely tied to the state’s abortion ban, the nonprofit news outlet ProPublica reported ...

(CNN) — Two Georgia mothers, Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, died in 2022 because of a lack of care most likely tied to the state’s abortion ban, the nonprofit news outlet ProPublica reported ...