In fact, in lots of other places—like Argentina and Nigeria—people have long used just misoprostol to end their pregnancies. “In countries where mifepristone is not available or abortion is severely ...

In November 1990, more than 3,000 women descended on the sleepy beach town of San Bernardo del Tuyú, Argentina, for what was becoming a legendary event. Activists, doctors, academics, social workers ...

In between sessions, she fell into conversation with a group of Brazilian women in the hallway, who talked about a pill she had never heard of before: Cytotec, the commercial name of misoprostol. The ...

This story is an accompaniment to a three-part podcast series released by NPR's Embedded and Futuro Media. You can listen to the full series here or wherever you listen to podcasts. In November 1990, ...