A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration improperly approved an abortion drug used in nearly all of the medication abortions in the U.S., putting access to the drug mifepristone in jeopardy. | via NPR
Mifepristone is part of a two-drug protocol that a recent study showed was used in 98% of medication abortions in 2020.Federal judges in two states issued contradictory decisions Friday night that could drastically impact access to a drug used in nearly all of the medication abortions in the U.S.
in Washington state. That lawsuit filed by a coalition of Democratic attorneys general in 17 states and the District of Columbia sought to block the FDA from pulling the drug from the market. It's not clear how each judge's decision will impact the other, and both cases are likely to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court.
by the FDA. The group had asked Kacsmaryk, who was appointed by President Trump and has longstanding ties to conservative religious groups, to overturn the approval. The decision likely will mean uncertainty and confusion for doctors and patients, says Farah Diaz-Tello, senior counsel with the reproductive rights legal advocacy group If/When/How.
She says there are no state laws to her knowledge that require healthcare providers to turn in patients suspected of inducing an abortion, but she worries the ruling will fuel confusion and misinformation.
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