In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade, physicians in Quebec say it is too difficult for people in the province to gain access to abortion pills.

Abortion pills were approved by Health Canada in 2015 but didn’t become available until the beginning of 2017, with the two medications packaged together under the brand Mifegymiso.

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 ...

The college's decision comes less than two weeks after a group of at least 300 doctors in Quebec signed an open letter demanding that restrictions around access to abortion pills be removed. They ...

The Manitoba government has said it will cover the cost of the abortion pill in areas where health-care facilities already provide the surgical procedure. Mifegymiso, a two-drug combination also known ...

It is a safe, effective and non-invasive alternative to a surgical abortion that women can administer themselves. By making it available at no cost, Ontario is giving women more autonomy around their ...

In a medication abortion, a patient takes a drug called mifepristone, also known as RU-486, followed by a second drug called misoprostol, to end a pregnancy rather than having a surgical procedure.

Clinic 554 has been at the centre of New Brunswick's abortion access debate, and during this election campaign, the Liberals, Greens and New Democrats have all promised to improve access.Medicare ...

Abortion remains safe after Canada removed restrictions on the medical abortion pill mifepristone in November 2017. That’s one of the key findings from a UBC-led study published today in the New ...

A nurse practitioner spoke on the phone with patients in states with abortion bans, assessed their medical eligibility and sent pills. She took some unconventional steps to protect their privacy.