Appeals court reverses Texas ruling nullifying FDA approval of abortion pill

Enlarge / Mifepristone (Mifeprex) and Misoprostol, the two drugs used in a medication abortion, are seen at the Women’s Reproductive Clinic, which provides legal medication abortion services, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, on June 17, 2022. Getty | Robyn Beck

A federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed part of a lower court’s controversial ruling that would have revoked regulatory approval for the abortion and miscarriage medication mifepristone, which the Food and Drug Administration granted in 2000. The appeals court also left in place the FDA’s 2019 authorization of a generic form of the drug, which is most commonly used.

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