Conflicting federal rulings put the future of mifepristone’s availability in limbo.
. The FDA approved the use of mifepristone in 2000. However, Judge Kacsmaryk in his ruling wrote, “The Court does not second-guess FDA’s decision-making lightly. But here, FDA acquiesced on its legitimate safety concerns — in violation of its statutory duty — based on plainly unsound reasoning and studies that did not support its conclusions.”
“There is also evidence indicating FDA faced significant political pressure to forego its proposed safety precautions to better advance theobjective of increased ‘access’ to chemical abortion — which was the ‘whole idea of mifepristone,’” he wrote. Whether or not political pressure was the impetus, he said, “the lack of restrictions resulted in many deaths and many more severe or life-threatening adverse reactions.”
Similar to the president and vice president, a number of government officials and reproductive rights advocates have also condemned the ruling. “Mifepristone was approved by the FDA 20 years ago after a rigorous scientific and legal process, but access to this medication that millions rely on was stripped away with a stroke of a pen by a single person who was handpicked by Republican extremists set on a national ban,” Illinois Senatorsaid in the wake of the ruling.
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