New research shows that babies conceived due to the failure of the "morning after" pill, levonorgestrel, are just as healthy as other babies.

The study involved 36 pregnant women who were exposed to levonorgestrel and 80 similar women who were not. A total of 25 deliveries took place in the exposed group and 69 occurred in the nonexposed group

President Bush says he will veto legislation by Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) and other Republicans looking to relax his 2001 restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

Mr. Bush says, "I made it clear to the United States Congress I took the right position, and we'll veto any bill that doesn't adhere to that stance. They have a perogative to pass bills, and I have a prerogative to set limits on what I think is right. So, in any case, I respectfully disagree with Sen. Coleman

Five women who took the abortion pill RU-486 have died from bacterial infections since its U.S. introduction nearly five years ago, the manufacturer reported on Monday.

Mifeprex already carries a warning about the possibility that women who take the drug could experience serious and sometimes fatal infections. The company is updating the label to give physicians more information to help them spot the problem, Danco spokeswoman Cynthia Summers said

new bill bassed by the State Assembly, Thursday, could make Wisconsin the first state to ban the distribution of the morning-after pill on state college campuses. If it continues to approval by the state Senate, the restriction will be the first of its kind in the U.S.

The Associated Press reported the Assembly Bill 343, titled the UW Birth Control Ban, was passed by the lower chamber in a 49-41 vote