LANSING (AP) Michigan has reached a partial settlement with an abortion rights group that sued over the state"s 24-hour waiting period and accused it of illegally banning the abortion drug RU-486.

The Department of Community Health said yesterday that it will include information on RU-486 in the materials that women are required to read 24 hours before they have an abortion.

The department and the New York-based Center for Reproductive Law and Policy remain in settlement talks over Michigan"s ban on charging women for blood tests or any other non-abortion services conducted before the end of the 24-hour waiting period.

The center also said that the state effectively banned RU-486, which was federally approved last year, when it didn"t mention the drug in the materials women must read before an abortion.

The center said that under state law, an abortion procedure couldn"t be performed if it wasn"t discussed in the state pamphlet.