Florida law prevents abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, with limited exceptions. It also requires in-person dispensing of abortion medication.

Mifepristone, also called “the abortion pill,” is a U.S. FDA-approved oral medication used—along with misoprostol—in a two-drug regimen to end a pregnancy up to 70 days into gestation. Decades of ...

Oral semaglutide at a dose of 25 mg may provide an alternative treatment option to injectable semaglutide (2.4 mg) and higher-dose oral semaglutide (50 mg) for persons with overweight or obesity. In a ...

H.L. is a 25-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1-0-0-0 admitted to the birth unit at 38 and 6/7 weeks' gestation for induction of labor because of an obstetric history of a previous intrauterine fetal ...

Ulipristal acetate, a treatment for uterine fibroids and an emergency contraceptive, can be used in combination with misoprostol as part of a medication abortion regimen, according to a ...

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Teaching Hospital Mahamodara and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka. Induction of labor (IOL) refers to the medical process of ...

Last year, the majority of abortions in the United States were conducted using the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol. Demand for these medications surged after Donald Trump was elected to a ...

The abortion pill is a combination of two drugs that can end a pregnancy. It is not a single pill — rather, it involves two medications: mifepristone and misoprostol. It is a safe and effective ...

A new lawsuit challenges Louisiana’s classification of abortion medications as controlled dangerous substances. The suit alleges that the law creates barriers for health care workers who need to ...

Oct 31 (Reuters) - A group of healthcare providers and others on Thursday sued Louisiana in an effort to block a law that classified mifepristone and misoprostol, the drugs used in medication abortion ...