Health ministry gives green light for two-step treatment to end pregnancies up to nine weeks
The abortion pill is to become available infor the first time after the health ministry approved a drug used to terminate early-stage pregnancies.
The ministry said in a notification to healthcare officials on Friday it had approved a drug made by Linepharma. Similar medication is available in many countries including France, which first approved the abortion pill in 1988, and the US, where it has been available since 2000.
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