U.S. appeals ‘unprecedented’ Texas abortion pill court ruling
The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of mifepristone in 2000.
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.Story continues below advertisement
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