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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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The Planned Parenthood Center at 1055 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston. The FDA is set to review the safety of mifepristone, a drug used for medical abortion following its approval of a generic form of the pill.

FDA approves new generic abortion pill, reopens an old fight

By Phoebe Miller, City Associate Editor October 9, 2025
A generic version of mifepristone, a highly popular abortion medication, was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration Sep. 30, following an order from U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for a federal review of the pill.  
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