NASHVILLE, Tennessee — In a growing number of states, pulmonologists face serious legal consequences for advising women who have an underlying medical condition that places them at risk for ...

At the end of September, the FDA approved Mifeprex (also known as mifepristone, and before that as RU486) for termination of early pregnancy. It is the only FDA approved non-surgical option for ending ...

Clinics and hospitals currently defer medication abortion until ultrasound confirms a pregnancy inside the uterus. However, a large international study led by researchers from Karolinska Institutet ...

Jewel is a student in her early 20s who lives in Texas. When her doctor confirmed she was pregnant, Jewel felt panicked. She knew it wasn’t the right time for her to have a child, and that abortion ...

Unplanned pregnancy presents ethically and clinically complex challenges, especially in health systems where early ...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 31 – A 100-milligram dose of mifepristone may be an effective alternative to larger doses of the drug when used with misoprostol for early pregnancy termination, according to the ...

Fifteen weeks into her second pregnancy, Katrina Villegas and her husband learned their baby girl had trisomy 13, a chromosomal disorder that causes severe disabilities and is usually fatal. "It’s ...

Selective termination refers to the elimination of an abnormal fetus, whereas multifetal pregnancy reduction denotes the termination of one or more members of twin or higher-order multiple birth set ...