The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a lift on restrictions on mifepristone, allowing doctors to issue online prescriptions for abortion pills and have them mailed to patients or local pharmacies.
The pill—referred to as RU-486 or Mifeprex, or by its generic name mifepristone—is used to terminate early pregnancies up to 10 weeks after conception. It is also sometimes used for women who have miscarriages.
