Japan Set to Approve First Abortion Pill, Decades After US
- Combination two-drug pill is going through ministry approval
- Drug facing ban in the US, where it was available for years
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Japan is set to approve the nation’s first abortion pill that gives women a method to end pregnancy without surgery, providing controlled access to the medicine decades after it became available in France and US.
A panel for Japan’s health ministry agreed on Friday to approve Line Pharma KK’s two-drug regimen for women who have been pregnant for nine weeks or less. The ministry is proceeding with the next steps for approval, a health official said on Monday.