Recent news on Mifepristone

One in 30 aborted babies is born alive, British study finds  -  Apr 29, 2007
ChristianExaminerRU 486, also known as mifepristone, is used as the first part in a two-step process. Mifepristone causes the lining of the uterus to release the embryonic

Unlikely help for uterine fibroids  -  May 23, 2007
ABC7Chicago.com,In a study of 42 women with at least moderate uterine fibroid symptoms, researchers have found the drug called Mifeprex (mifepristone or RU-486) can shrink

Pat Robertson muses on Doctors "plow[ing] into" women [VIDEO]  -  Apr 27, 2007
AlterNet,The newscaster says that the Women on Waves ship will make Mifepristone (aka RU 486) available to women off-shore of countries that do not currently allow

Abortion choices don't end with yes  -  May 7, 2007
Los Angeles Times,Medical abortions rely on a combination of medications — typically mifepristone (Mifeprex) and misoprostol — to terminate the pregnancy and evacuate the

uterine fibroid tumors  -  May 16, 2007
American Family PhysicianSystematic review of mifepristone for the treatment of uterine leiomyomata. Obstet Gynecol 2004;103:1331-6. 40. Sammartino PS, Di Carlo C, Affinoto P,

Nigeria: Abortion - Must Millions of Women Die Annually?  -  May 14, 2007
AllAfrica.com,Medical methods are by misoprostol and mifepristone. Abortion may be safe when the procedures are performed by trained health care providers with proper

Los Angeles Times Examines Late-Term Abortion Procedures  -  May 9, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),The drug mifepristone, sold under the brand name Mifeprex by Danco Laboratories, is taken in combination with the drug misoprostol to induce a medical

Los Angeles Times Examines Late-Term Abortion Procedures  -  May 7, 2007
Kaiser network.org,Medical abortions involve taking a combination of the drug mifepristone, sold under the brand name Mifeprex by Danco Laboratories, with the drug misoprostol

Prescription Drug User Fee Reauthorization Bill Could Face Veto If ...  -  May 4, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),C.) has proposed an amendment that would require FDA to conduct safety studies on the abortion medication mifepristone within a specific period of time,

Senate Begins Debate On Prescription Drug User Fee Act ...  -  May 3, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),In addition, Senate Republicans might propose an amendment to revoke FDA approval of the medical abortion medication mifepristone ( CongressDaily , 4/30).

House OKs bonds issue for KCSO pensions  -  Apr 30, 2007
Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),...that licenses medical doctors, to consider protocol for administering the abortion drug mifepristone, also known by the trade name Mifeprex or RU-486.

Lessons learned as high court takes swipe at women's rights  -  Apr 27, 2007
Robertson County Times,This week, a legislator attempted to set requirements on doctors who administer the abortion drug mifepristone, but colleagues wisely amended the bill to

CHILE, LATIN AMERICA CALL FOR ABORTION BOAT  -  Apr 26, 2007
Santiago Times (subscription),Medical abortions involve doctor supervised administration of the “Birth Control Pill� - actually a combination of two medications, Mifepristone and

LIFE DIGEST: One in 30 aborted babies are born alive, British ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
BP News,RU 486, also known as mifepristone, is used as the first part in a two-step process. Mifepristone causes the lining of the uterus to release the embryonic

Pending abortion cases around the US  -  Apr 18, 2007
Jackson News-Tribune,..._ABORTION PILLS — A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486 RU-486, after the seventh week of

US Senate Committee Considers Curbing RU-486  -  Apr 17, 2007
CitizenLink,The second would lift the liability protection that currently shields mifepristone — one of the two drugs in the RU-486 chemical-abortion combination — so

Kenya: Abortion Pill Available Over the Counter  -  Apr 6, 2007
AllAfrica.com,The site continues to explain that during the first appointment one receives mifepristone pill to take orally. Then 24 to 72 hours later, in the privacy of

2 Parts of Abortion Pill Can Be Taken Together  -  Mar 30, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),Mifepristone, or RU486, aborts a pregnancy by blocking the production of the hormone progesterone. When the drug is used alone, materials linked to

Ex-senator says his activism isn't lobbying  -  Apr 17, 2007
The Tennessean,He was at the legislative office complex last week when two doctors testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the abortion drug mifepristone,

(AP) Lawmakers want medical board to regulate abortion drug  -  Apr 25, 2007
WKRN,...that would have established requirements for doctors who administer the abortion drug mifepristone, also known by the trade name Mifeprex or RU-486.

State lawmakers considering new abortion regulations  -  Apr 11, 2007
WBIR-TV,The drug is mifepristone, known by the trade name Mifeprex or RU-486. The Senate Judiciary Committee today debated the bill that would require doctors to

Senate considers abortion drug rules  -  Apr 11, 2007
The Tennessean,Tennessee lawmakers are considering a proposal to establish requirements for doctors who administer the abortion drug mifepristone, known by the trade name

Senate Considers New Regulations For Abortion Drug  -  Apr 10, 2007
Eyewitness News Memphis,The drug is mifepristone, known by the trade name Mifeprex or RU-486. The Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday debated the bill that would require doctors to

Prohibit 'partial-birth'  -  Apr 19, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),Early in this trimester an alternative is to use medication, such as mifepristone (commonly known as RU–486), to terminate the pregnancy.

One baby in 30 left alive after medical termination  -  Apr 19, 2007
This is London,The first dose, a single tablet of mifepristone, blocks the pregnancy hormones that normally ensure the womb's lining holds on to the fertilised egg.

Pending abortion cases around the US  -  Apr 19, 2007
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,..._ABORTION PILLS - A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

Pending Abortion Cases Around the US  -  Apr 19, 2007
Town Hall,..._ABORTION PILLS _ A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

Pending Abortion Cases Around The Us  -  Apr 18, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,...-ABORTION PILLS - A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

Pending Abortion Cases Around the US  -  Apr 18, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,..._ABORTION PILLS — A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

Other Abortion Cases Pending  -  Apr 18, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,...-ABORTION PILLS: A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

Other Abortion Cases Pending  -  Apr 18, 2007
Los Angeles Times,..._ABORTION PILLS: A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

Supreme Court backs nationwide ban on abortion procedure in 5-4 ruling  -  Apr 18, 2007
North County Times,...--ABORTION PILLS -- A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of

Other Abortion Cases Pending  -  Apr 18, 2007
NewsMax.com,ABORTION PILLS: A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of pregnancy

Ready Access to Emergency Contraception Yields No Overall Effect  -  Apr 18, 2007
MedPage Today,Two studies used an estrogen-progestin combination (called the Yuzpe regimen) and one used mifepristone (Mifeprex), which is FDA approved only for medical

Other abortion cases pending  -  Apr 18, 2007
Brocktown News,..._ABORTION PILLS: A lawsuit challenging Ohio law making it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486 RU-486, after the seventh week of

Missouri abortion measure set aside  -  Apr 18, 2007
Kansas City Star,Justus and Bray said the requirement was intended to put abortion clinics out of business and to prevent doctors from dispensing mifepristone,

Senate Committee Will Vote on Suspending RU 486 Abortion Drug  -  Apr 17, 2007
LifeNews.com,The second would lift the liability protection that currently shields mifepristone, one of the two drugs in the RU 486 abortion process, so that women (and

European Company May Try to Bring Dangerous Abortion Drug to Australia  -  Apr 16, 2007
LifeNews.com,Thirteen women from the United States, Canada, England, France and Sweden have died after using the abortion drug mifepristone. In several cases in the US

Plan B finally for sale  -  Apr 7, 2007
The Register-Guard,But that didn't stop abortion opponents from falsely linking Plan B with abortion pills such as mifepristone, which will terminate a pregnancy.

A Miscarriage of Justice for Dominican Immigrant  -  Apr 5, 2007
The Indypendent,It is also used in combination with Mifepristone to terminate pregnancies of up to eight weeks gestation. The drug combo is popularly known as RU486.

Plan B now widely available here  -  Apr 4, 2007
The Register-Guard,Supporters say that emergency contraceptives, which prevent pregnancy, should not be confused with abortion pills such as mifepristone that terminate a

It's past time to stop fretting about DST  -  Mar 30, 2007
South Bend Tribune,EC is not the same as mifepristone, which ends a pregnancy. Every woman deserves every chance to prevent unintended pregnancy. We encourage all individuals

Women take to pills as answer to MTP ills  -  Mar 27, 2007
Times of India,The decline in MTPs being performed in hospitals is being attributed to the ready availability of the abortion pill, mifepristone, sales of which have

Teen will not face murder charge  -  Mar 29, 2007
Mineral Wells Index,Known by its brand name, Cytotec, misoprostol is also combined with the drug mifepristone in RU-486 and is used legally to end pregnancies until the eighth

Planned Parenthood to offer free emergency contraception  -  Mar 28, 2007
Journal and Courier,Planned Parenthood of Indiana officials said emergency contraception is not the same as mifepristone -- a steroid used in abortions -- and studies show it

Planned Parenthood to offer free emergency contraception  -  Mar 28, 2007
Journal and Courier,Planned Parenthood of Indiana officials said emergency contraception is not the same as mifepristone - a steroid used in abortions - and studies show it

Ohio Gov. Strickland to remove name from effort to back law that ...  -  25 Feb 2007
News-Medical.net,FDA in 2000 approved Mifeprex -- known generically as mifepristone -- to be taken in conjunction with the drug misoprostol to induce a medical abortion up

Strickland Moves to Let Abortion Pill Ruling Stand  -  Feb 21, 2007
Fox 8 News WJW,It would have made it illegal for doctors to prescribe mifepristone, known as RU-486, after the seventh week of pregnancy.

Dann fighting to keep abortion-pill limits  -  Feb 20, 2007
Columbus Dispatch,Dann said the state will continue its appeal of a federal court ruling that struck down the state's 2004 law against prescribing mifepristone,

The pill with political promise  -  Jan 26, 2007
Seattle Post Intelligencer,But for all the controversy about mifepristone, the active drug in RU-486, there wasn't much attention paid to the fact that many doctors were already

Doctor clarifies medication at Right to Life meeting  -  Feb 9, 2007
El Defensor Chieftain,The abortion pill, called RU-486 or mifepristone, strongly blocks progesterone from binding to the proper receptor in the nervous system, so the hormone

Bill defining 'birth control' struck down  -  Feb 5, 2007
Commonwealth Times (subscription),Plan B is not the same as RU-486, or mifepristone, the drug that actually causes abortions or terminates a developing fetus attached to the uterine wall.

New Hampshire Legislators Defeat Bill Stopping Planned Parenthood ...  -  Jan 31, 2007
LifeNews.com,Of the facilities, 172 do surgical abortions while 60 do abortions by giving women the dangerous abortion drug mifepristone, or RU 486.

The Little (Abortion) Pill that Could  -  Jan 17, 2007
AlterNet,But for all the controversy about mifepristone, the active drug in RU-486, there wasn't much attention paid to the fact that many doctors were already

Hot Button Pill: RU-486 and Cancer  -  Dec 28, 2006
PEJ News,And because mifepristone is not a patented drug, none of the major pharmaceutical companies stands to gain financially by expanding the number of uses for

Recent Deaths Spark Re-evaluation of Abortion Pills  -  Dec 26, 2006
The NewStandard,Though it is often confused with the emergency contraceptive Plan B, RU-486, also known as mifepristone, is actually designed to terminate a pregnancy.

Chile blocks free morning-after pills  -  Jan 12, 2007
The Benton Crier,The morning-after pill, or Plan B, is not the abortion pill, RU-486 RU-486 or mifepristone. It is used to prevent pregnancy and will not work on a woman who

BBC Looking for Women Who Waited for Abortions for Biased Story  -  Jan 17, 2007
LifeNews.com,The post does not inform readers that the mifepristone drug has caused thirteen deaths internationally, including the deaths of two women in England and

Two Different Abortion Pills Grow in Use  -  Jan 1, 2007
Human Events,One is RU-486 (scientific name mifepristone), used in early pregnancy to induce abortion, often in combination with another drug.

Chile Blocks Free Morning-After Pills  -  Jan 12, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,The morning-after pill, or Plan B, is not the abortion pill, RU-486 or mifepristone. It is used to prevent pregnancy and will not work on a woman who is

The ills of pills  -  Jan 6, 2007
Calcutta Telegraph,And what’s worrying them is that the drug, RU-486 or its trade name, mifepristone, is easily available and priced at about Rs 350 a pill.

Endocrinology & Metabolism News, January 2007  -  Jan 5, 2007
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism,The progesterone antagonist mifepristone (RU 486) prevented mammary tumorigenesis in p53-deficient mice with the cancer susceptibility gene Brca1,

Year In Review : Deaths Rekindle Call for Feds to Revoke Approval ...  -  Dec 20, 2006
Journal Chrétien,Danco Laboratories, which markets RU 486 (aka "Mifepristone") in the United States, announced to the Food and Drug Administration on Friday that two more

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