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Restrictions on abortion drugs may affect other treatments
PBS NewsHour examines how efforts to further restrict mifepristone and a similar drug could affect their use in treating conditions including uterine fibroids and endometriosis.
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Mifepristone has been approved for abortion in the United States for more than 25 years.
“For more than 25 years, mifepristone has been approved for abortion in the U.S.”
Mifepristone has been proven to treat uterine fibroids.
“mifepristone and a similar drug have also been proven to treat conditions like uterine fibroids”
Mifepristone has been proven to treat endometriosis.
“mifepristone and a similar drug have also been proven to treat conditions like uterine fibroids and endometriosis”