The future of a crucial abortion drug seems uncertain as two federal courts issued conflicting judgments on Friday night. One federal judge blocked the drug’s approval, while the other ruled that the pill should continue to be available in several states, casting doubt on the future of a crucial abortion medication on Friday night, reports said.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ordered a hold on Mifepristone, a widely used abortion drug that blocks the hormone progesterone. His decision, which is effective only after seven days, allows for appeal. Almost concurrently, U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice ordered the opposite in a different case in Washington.
For the first time, a judge has overruled the FDA and the drug’s producer to revoke a medication’s long-standing approval, reports say. The conflicting rulings, one from Texas and the other from Washington state, are regarding access to a drug that is used in more than half of all US abortions. They come after the Supreme Court last year abolished the constitutional right to the operation. The top court will almost certainly hear the case; given the inconsistent rulings, this could happen sooner rather than later.
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When combined with the medication misoprostol, Mifepristone suppresses the body’s production of the progesterone hormone, causing pregnancy to cease within the first 10 weeks. The Alliance Defending Freedom, which was also involved in the Mississippi case that resulted in Roe v. Wade being overturned, filed the lawsuit in the Texas case.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals received a prompt appeal from the Justice Department against Kacsmaryk’s ruling. And considering the conflicting decisions in Texas and Washington, the medication that the Food and Drug Administration approved in 2000 appears to continue to be readily available for the time being.
Legal professionals have long warned of questionable claims and factual errors in the lawsuit, but the plaintiffs’ main allegations, including their claim that the FDA failed to sufficiently examine the safety of mifepristone, were agreed upon. However, medical organizations have reminded me that over the last 23 years, mifepristone has been successfully used by millions of women.
According to reports, President Biden disapproved the Texas ruling on Friday, saying the court had “substituted its judgment for FDA, the expert agency that approves drugs.”
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