Mifepristone

Lawmakers grilled Martin Makary, MD, MPH, on transparency, his plans for mifepristone and his stance on the recently cancelled Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting during Thursday’s senate hearing to be the next FDA commissioner.

Ulipristal acetate followed by misoprostol was effective and acceptable for medication abortion up to 63 days’ gestation with no serious adverse events, but more studies are needed, data from a proof-of-concept study show.

National support for expanded medication abortion access, including advance provision and over-the-counter availability, rose since the Dobbs decision, particularly among women residing in abortion-restrictive states, survey data show.

In patients with hypercortisolism and difficult-to-control type 2 diabetes, mifepristone lowered HbA1c at 24 weeks compared with placebo, researchers reported at World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease.

Most nonprofit crisis pregnancy centers in the U.S. advertise medical services such as abortion education and sexually transmitted infection testing but also abortion pill reversal, an unproven and potentially harmful treatment, data show.

Medication abortion administered before a pregnancy can be confirmed via ultrasound is as effective as treatment that is delayed until a pregnancy is confirmed, researchers reported.

In a Healio interview exclusive, two experts discussed the roles that diet and lifestyle play in promoting fertility among women seeking to conceive.

Women with early pregnancy loss who received misoprostol alone without pretreatment with mifepristone were more likely to receive subsequent procedural management and have visits to the ED, researchers reported.

At-home first-dose misoprostol administration increased the proportion of women completing medical abortion after 12 weeks’ gestation through outpatient care with a favorable safety profile, according to findings published in The Lancet.

Labor duration was independently associated with risks for adverse maternal outcomes, specifically intraamniotic infection, during second-trimester medication abortion, according to study results published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.