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New Lawsuit Aims To Revoke FDA Approval Of Abortion Drug

Headline from Forbes, from the development of Nov 18, 2022

Newest development Nov 19, 2022 · 2 reportsLawsuit seeks to reverse FDA’s ‘reckless’ approval of abortion pills

Medication abortion has become increasingly important to abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

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  1. Names this update

    New Lawsuit Aims To Revoke FDA Approval Of Abortion Drug

    Headline from Forbes ·

  2. Newest

    Lawsuit seeks to reverse FDA’s ‘reckless’ approval of abortion pills

    Headline from Washington Times ·

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  1. Forbes

    New Lawsuit Aims To Revoke FDA Approval Of Abortion Drug (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Medication abortion has become increasingly important to abortion access in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

  2. The Daily Caller

    ‘Pregnancy Is Not An Illness’: Doctors Sue FDA Over Approval of ‘Dangerous’ Abortion Pill (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Four national medical associations and four doctors are suing the Federal Drug Administration for "illegally" approving abortion drugs that they claim harm women.

  3. Portland Press Herald

    Conservative group sues FDA to revoke approval of abortion pill (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The suit claims that the Food and Drug Administration lacked the authority to approve mifepristone, did not adequately study it and that the drug is unsafe.

  4. Washington Examiner

    Anti-abortion groups file lawsuit to revoke approval for abortion pill (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Anti-abortion groups filed a federal lawsuit on Friday against the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services seeking to reverse the FDA's approval of mifepristone, an abortion-inducing drug.

  5. Townhall

    Conservative Group Files Lawsuit Against FDA For Allowing Abortion Pills To Hit Shelves (opens Townhall)

    Published

  6. PJ Media

    Anti-Abortion Groups Sue to Overturn FDA Approval of Abortion Pill (opens PJ Media)

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    PJ Media's feed description

    Several anti-abortion Christian medical groups are claiming the FDA exceeded its authority when it approved mifepristone for use as a chemical abortion drug.

  7. Washington Times

    Lawsuit seeks to reverse FDA’s ‘reckless’ approval of abortion pills (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Foes of the abortion pill are taking their fight to court, accusing the Food and Drug Administration of placing “politics over science” when it sanctioned the two-drug pregnancy-termination regimen in 2000.

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