The abortion drug mifepristone should be more tightly regulated, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says in a ruling that now heads to the Supreme Court.
Mifepristone, the first medication in a medical abortion, is prepared for a patient at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Ill., April 20, 2023.The abortion drug mifepristone should be more tightly regulated than it is now, with limits on the drug at seven weeks of gestation and requirements that patients obtain the pill in person instead of through the mail, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
"Due to the Supreme Court's stay, mifepristone remains broadly available for now. But if the Fifth Circuit's ruling stands, it will significantly roll back the ability for women in every state to get the health care they need, and undermine FDA's scientific, evidence-based process for approving safe and effective medications that patients rely on," Jean-Pierre said in the statement.
The VP continued, "The Biden-Harris Administration will continue our efforts to protect access to abortion and defend the FDA in the courts. The President and I remain committed to protecting a woman's right to make decisions about her own health care." In a bid to curb access, at least within the U.S., a conservative-backed group known as Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine filed a lawsuit arguing that FDA approval of the drug should be suspended entirely, and that if that doesn't happen, access to the drug should at least be severely restricted.
"The scientists at the FDA deserve our respect and our gratitude, but not our blind deference," the judges wrote.
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