Judge Invalidates F.D.A. Approval of the Abortion Pill Mifepristone

NYT HEALTH: Judge Invalidates F.D.A. Approval of the Abortion Pill Mifepristone
By Pam Belluck
Section: Health
Source: New York Times
Published Date: April 7, 2023 at 03:00AM

The Texas judge’s ruling was quickly contradicted by another federal judge in Washington State who ordered the F.D.A. to keep mifepristone available.

A federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary ruling invalidating the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, an unprecedented order that — if it stands through court challenges — could make it harder for patients to get abortions in states where abortion is legal, not just in those trying to restrict it.
The drug will continue to be available at least in the short-term since the judge, Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, stayed his own order for seven days to give the F.D.A. time to ask an appeals court to intervene.
Less than an hour after Judge Kacsmaryk’s ruling, a judge in Washington state issued a ruling in another case, which contradicted the Texas decision, ordering the F.D.A. to make no changes to the availability of mifepristone in the 18 states that filed that lawsuit.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/07/health/abortion-pills-ruling-texas.html

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