A federal appeals court has preserved access to an abortion drug for now but under tighter rules that would allow the drug only to be dispensed up to seven weeks, not 10, and not by mail.
A federal appeals court has preserved access to the abortion drug mifepristone for now but reduced the period of pregnancy when the drug can be used and said it could not be dispensed by mail.
But in the 2-1 vote, the panel of judges — from an appellate court known for conservatism — put on hold changes made by the regulator since 2016 that relaxed the rules for prescribing and dispensing mifepristone. Those included extending the period of pregnancy when the drug can be used from seven weeks to 10, and also allowing it to be dispensed by mail, without any need to visit a doctor’s office.
The appeals court judges in the majority noted that the Biden administration and mifepristone’s manufacturer “warn us of significant public consequences” that would result if mifepristone were withdrawn entirely from the market under the lower court ruling. But the judges suggested changes the FDA made making mifepristone easier to obtain since 2016 were less consequential than its initial approval of the drug in 2000.
Democratic leaders in states where abortion remains legal since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade last year —New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that her state would stockpile 150,000 doses of misoprostol, the second drug used in two-pill medication abortions.
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