Pro-choice advocates say the science is settled on the abortion pill mifepristone, but critics argue that better safeguards ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr had an absolute trainwreck of a confirmation hearing. Kennedy, who had been a vocal vaccine skeptic and preached numerous disproven conspiracy theories, was lambasted for his anti ...

A recent lightning rod for abortion opponents, the drug mifepristone—the first of two in the standard medication abortion regimen—surfaced several times during Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s first Senate ...

A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the Empire State’s ...

A New York doctor has been ordered to pay $100,000 in fines after she prescribed abortion pills to a 20-year-old Texas woman.

A higher dose of an emergency-contraception drug may open a back door for Americans seeking abortions in restrictive states.

Missouri, Kansas and Idaho can press forward with their lawsuit to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone, a federal judge ruled Thursday, months after the US Supreme Court had rejected an ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday he would study the abortion pill mifepristone for "safety issues" if confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Newsweek reached out to the ...

Lawmakers in some states are pushing measures to crack down on abortion pills or penalize women who obtain abortions.

The ruling against a New York doctor who mailed pills to a Texas woman could have major implications for abortion pill access across state lines.

Mifepristone has been under attack by abortion opponents, with several states seeking in federal court to restrict its use.

Lawmakers in several states have introduced measures to classify the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol — which are used ...