Jacksonville abortion clinic A Woman’s Choice is still prescribing the pills and they’ve been getting a lot of calls from concerned patients.
of the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S., calling the decision “extraordinary and unprecedented.”
“If allowed to take effect, the court’s order would thwart FDA’s scientific judgment and severely harm women, particularly those for whom mifepristone is a medical or practical necessity,” the Justice Department wrote. Judge Kacsmaryk, who was appointed by President Trump, wrote that the drug posed a substantial threat of irreparable harm.“It’s safer than Tylenol. Yes, truly, so a really,” Gavin said. “He’s mistaken...it’s politically motivated.”
The abortion drug has been widely used in the U.S. since securing FDA approval and there is essentially no precedent for a lone judge overruling that agency's medical decisions. Mifepristone is one of two drugs used for medication abortion in the United States, along with misoprostol, which is also used to treat other medical conditions.
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