U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk will question attorneys about the request to withdraw FDA approval of mifepristone.
on behalf of antiabortion medical organizations and four doctors who say they have treated patients with mifepristone. The complaint accuses the FDA of approving an “unsafe drug regimen” without sufficient study and objects to recent steps that make it easier to obtain the medication.
Public health professionals and legal experts have denounced the lawsuit as unsupported by scientific evidence. The FDA has repeatedly found the two-step medicationJustice Department lawyers object to the court potentially second-guessing the FDA’s technical expertise and have called the request for an injunction “extraordinary and unprecedented.
Without access to mifepristone, many providers say, they would continue to offer medication abortions using only misoprostol. Some would perform only surgical abortions. Providers said either scenario would result in massive upheaval as they try to enact new procedures, which some clinic owners fear may present legal hurdles.
because of his long-held antiabortion views. The scheduling of the hearing on Wednesday was also a source of controversy after
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