In between sessions, she fell into conversation with a group of Brazilian women in the hallway, who talked about a pill she had never heard of before: Cytotec, the commercial name of misoprostol. The ...

Misoprostol, a drug also used to treat stomach ulcers, is taken 24 to 48 hours later. For misoprostol-only abortions within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy, you will need 12 misoprostol pills mcg each ...

Little is known about the link between health literacy and women's ability to safely and successfully use misoprostol to self-induce an abortion. While abortion is only allowed to save a woman's life ...

In November 1990, more than 3,000 women descended on the sleepy beach town of San Bernardo del Tuyú, Argentina, for what was becoming a legendary event. Activists, doctors, academics, social workers ...