Misoprostol

The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.

Justyna Wydrzynska is found guilty in a Warsaw court of helping 'Annie' terminate her pregnancy by giving her misoprostol and is sentenced to eight months of community service. Photo: Aborcyjny Dream Team

The Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office has demanded up to five years in jail for a man on charges of marketing banned medicine as an "abortion pill" on various Internet sites, daily Habertürk reported on Aug. 10

Dutch women rights group, “Women on Waves”, is deploying a drone campaign carrying abortion (day after) pills to Poland in protest against Poland’s pregnancy termination restrictions. The group, banned from mailing the pills through the post, has decided to overcome the country’s constraints through drone deliveries.