Abortion Pill Mifepristone Won’t Lose Approval—At Least For Now—As Appeals Court Partially Blocks Controversial Ruling
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The 5th Circuit partially blocked an order from a Trump-appointed judge that would have thrown access to mifepristone into doubt at the end of the week.
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Mifepristone has been FDA-approved for over 20 years—until anti-abortion activists handpicked right-wing Texas judge Matthew Kacsmaryk to take this case.
A Texas Federal Judge ruled FDA approval was improper, staying his injunction for 7 days to give the government time for an emergency appeal. At the same time, a Federal Judge in Washington State issue a seemingly (but not actually) conflicting ruling.
For now, the drug that the Food and Drug Administration approved in 2000 remains at least immediately available in wake of the separate rulings by judges in Texas and Washington state.
MONDAY, April 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- A Texas federal judge has issued a preliminary ruling that invalidates the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval in 2000 of mifepristone, the
Access to mifepristone, a medication that is used in about half of all abortions nationwide, hangs in the balance of two contradictory court rulings. A date with the Supreme Court is all but certain.
Mifepristone has been widely used in the U.S. since securing FDA approval and there is essentially no precedent for a lone judge overruling the agency's medical decisions.
The abortion pill mifepristone is due to be pulled off pharmacy shelves by Friday, setting up a potential legal fight that could go all the way to the Supreme Court.
A fertility specialist at Houston Methodist said if this ruling is allowed to stand, it will further restrict the options when a pregnancy is not safe to continue. Here's how.
People seeking an abortion in Minnesota will still be able to get the drug mifepristone — at least for now — after a pair of federal judges issued conflicting rulings
The Justice Department on Monday appealed a ruling by a Texas judge that would overturn FDA approval for mifepristone, one of two drugs used in the United States for medication abortions.
"more than five million Americans have chosen to end their pregnancies using mifepristone. Today, more than half of women who terminate their pregnancies rely on that drug."
Abortion clinics are preparing to administer just one pill, misoprostol, to terminate pregnancies if a federal judge’s ruling goes into effect suspending the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone,
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