This is how it works: first, one pill in the doctor's office or at the clinic, and, a day or two later, a second set of pills at home. Then the waiting, with a husband or a girlfriend, watching ...

In fact, a week before RU-486 was approved last summer, nine senators wrote to HHS secretary Donna Shalala asking her to delay a decision until more was known about the drug’s manufacturer. The ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In August 2004, Gabriela Flores, a 22-year-old farmworker in Pelion, South Carolina, ...

The RU-486 or Mifepristone pill was a revolutionary invention. It meant that abortions could be carried out safely, without surgery, in the early stages of pregnancy. But 30 years on from its ...

Rebekah Chaveste, who had successful RU-486 reversal after taking the pill at a Planned Parenthood clinic in San Francisco, plays with her son, Zechariah, in early March. Chaveste took advantage of a ...

Two pregnant women died and others were seriously sickened after taking the abortion drug RU-486 during the 21 months since its approval in 2000. In an April letter to physicians, Danco Laboratories, ...

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) regulates metabolic homeostasis and is a molecular target for anti-diabetic drugs. We report here the identification of a steroid receptor ...