A coalition of Democratic attorneys general are pushing the Food and Drug Administration to expand access to mifepristone, one of the drugs commonly prescribed to induce abortions — a bid to counter a high-profile attempt to restrict it in Texas.
So if I understand this correctly, we may be in a situation where a drug is simultaneously unapproved and required to be available over the counter? (And of course, if it’s just the approval for abortion purposes that’s revoked, that’s semi-meaningless, because docs and others have been able to use drugs for off-label purposes pretty much forever.)
I live in the state of Washington and had no idea about this case and our AG’s involvement. Thanks Kate for finding this and reporting it.
waiting for Kacsmaryk’s expected decision to revoke the FDA’s approval of mifepristone
Followed by a judge in Austin revoking Kacsmaryk’s revocation of the FDA’s approval of mifepristone.
The last revoking judge wins : - )
My wife and I are long past our reproductive years. We have no need for this Rx, but we applaud the Dem’s efforts to correct this abomination.
I hope voters – and especially women voters – will remember that the Dems are doing this and not the GOP who don’t give a rat’s ass for a woman’s reproductive rights.
I’m not 100% clear but is Biden arguing against the plaintiffs? If so that would be an egregious backstab…
Middle class, white, GenX and Millenial grandmothers who inhabit trappedbackwater, rightist states will not be able to produce enough oopsies to save Social Security.
Generation O for Oopsie, the children of middle class GenX and Millenials who’ve been denied abortion care, will never be numerous enough to fulfill Paul Ryan’s mission of saving Social Security.
He is a federal judge, so any appeal will go to the 5th circuit (conservative)…https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abortion-pill-case-texas-judge-matthew-kacsmaryk-mifepristone-fda/
The hearing before Kacsmaryk, appointed by former President Donald Trump, lasted just over four hours, and the judge said he would issue a decision “as soon as possible.” If Kacsmaryk sides with the associations and orders the FDA to undo its approval of mifepristone, the Justice Department requested he put the decision on hold to give the government time to appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.
