Mifepristone

Biden administration asks US Supreme Court to stop restrictions on mifepristone

Biden's administration is seeking to defend the availability of mifepristone in the face of mounting abortion bans and restrictions enacted by Republican-led states since the Supreme Court in June 2022 overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had legalized the procedure across US

President Joe Biden's administration to petition US Supreme Court to stop abortion pill curbs

More than half of all abortions performed in the US are medication abortions, which involve the medicine mifepristone, which the FDA authorised in 2000 together with the pill misoprostol

US Court preserves access to abortion drug mifepristone, tightens rules

The judgement made late on Wednesday temporarily restricted a Texas lower court judge's finding that had initially prevented the Food and Drug Administration from approving the most popular abortion technique in the country

US FDA may continue providing access to abortion pills even if it loses court battle

The contradictory rulings may give the FDA reason to preserve the status quo while the government's appeal proceeds and declare that drug companies and doctors won't face legal risks for making or prescribing mifepristone, experts said

US abortion pill ruling: What has happened so far and what comes next

The Texas case that could cut off access to mifepristone, the most commonly used abortion medication, has started on a path through the legal system that could quickly lead to the Supreme Court

Pharmaceutical executives denounce US court decision that may restrict access to popular abortion drug

Over 400 CEOs signed a statement denouncing the Texas federal court Matthew Kacsmaryk's decision on Friday that may restrict access to mifepristone across the country

Explained: The 1870s Comstock Act, which is threatening access to abortion pills in the US

Dormant for a half-century, the Comstock Act has been revived by anti-abortion groups and conservative states seeking to block the mailing of mifepristone, the pill used in more than half of US abortions

How contrasting rulings by two US courts could affect nationwide access to abortion pill

The split in the United States on abortion is clearer than ever. As a court in Texas halted US FDA approval for mifepristone on Friday, another in Washington state asked the agency to maintain the status quo on the most commonly used abortion pill

Mifepristone: The abortion drug at the centre of duelling court rulings in the US

As a Texas judge halted the US Food and Drug Administration approval of mifepristone, a commonly used abortion pill, another judge in Washington gave a contrasting ruling. A look at the drug whose access is now in jeopardy in the United States

US: Texas judge suspends FDA approval of mifepristone abortion pill

Mifepristone is one of two drugs used for medical abortion in the United States, along with misoprostol, which is also used to treat other medical conditions