A federal appeals court on Wednesday is hearing arguments about whether to preserve access to mifepristone, a key abortion medication first approved more than two decades ago.
sided with antiabortion advocates in April, concluding that the Food and Drug Administration improperly approved mifepristone in 2000 and later wrongly removed some restrictions on accessing the drug. Opponents said that ruling
Mifepristone is part of a two-drug regimen. The second drug, misoprostol, can also be used on its own to terminate early pregnancies, but the two drugs in tandem reduce cramping and bleeding.
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