The decision waved aside decades of scientific approval since federal regulators in 2000 authorized the drug in combination with a second pill, misoprostol, as a safe and effective method for ending abortion.
The immediate impact of the ruling is unclear, including how quickly access to the drug might be curtailed. The FDA is expected to swiftly appeal.
The abortion drug has been widely used in the U.S. since 2000 and there is essentially no precedent for a lone judge overruling the medical decisions of the Food and Drug Administration. Mifepristone is one of two drugs used for medication abortion in the United States, along with misoprostol, which is used to treat other medical conditions.
He didn’t go as far as the plaintiffs wanted by withdrawing or suspending the approvals of chemical abortion drugs and removing them from the list of approved drugs. But he put a “stay” or hold on approval of the drug. His ruling, however, doesn’t immediately go into effect.Federal lawyers representing the FDA are expected to swiftly appeal.
Mifepristone is part of a two-drug regimen that has long been the standard for medication abortion in the U.S. Clinics and doctors that prescribe the combination say they plan to switch to using only misoprostol. The single-drug approach is slightly less effective at ending pregnancies.
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