Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. The abortion pill mifepristone is in the crosshairs of politics ...

Although it’s been prescribed for over two decades, mifepristone, or Mifeprex, is still steeped in controversy. Mifepristone (nicknamed the “abortion pill”) is often the focal point of many abortion ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has asked Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary "to review the latest data on mifepristone," raising questions about the drug ...

Religious organizations have ramped up their pressure on retail pharmacies to not carry mifepristone — the first of two drugs used in most medication abortions and to manage some miscarriages. Since ...

Costco confirmed Thursday it has no plans to start dispensing mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill, as it says it hasn’t seen demand for it. Conservative groups claim they deserve credit for ...

In a move emboldening right-wing activists to keep up their pressure campaigns, Costco confirmed Thursday that it won’t seek certification to dispense mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill. In ...

But the FDA has long argued its decision to drop in-person appointments to get mifepristone, among other requirements, came after 20 years of monitoring its safety. In that period the agency reviewed ...

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Aug 14 (Reuters) - (This Aug. 14 story has been corrected to say that Costco will 'not sell' mifepristone instead of 'stop selling' the pill in paragraph 1 and removes reference to 'stopping sale' in ...

WASHINGTON -- A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday of the idea of a nationwide ban or new limits on mifepristone, the primary drug used for medication abortions. The case ...