US Supreme Court to review mifepristone accessibility case, disputing FDA's safety assessment.

The US Supreme Court is set to review a case that could impact the accessibility of mifepristone, a drug used in the most common type of abortion in the US. The central dispute is whether the FDA overlooked serious safety issues when they made mifepristone more accessible, including through mail-order pharmacies. Medical professionals claim mifepristone is "among the safest medications" approved by the FDA, while a Christian conservative group suing the agency attributes tens of thousands of emergency complications to the drug.

March 24, 2024
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