The abortion drug mifepristone should be more tightly regulated, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says in a ruling that now heads to the Supreme Court.
In a statement drugmaker GenBioPro noted that the medication remains accessible and legal.
After the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, the drug became illegal in states that banned abortion. Still, anti-abortion rights groups say access has been difficult to regulate because the medication remains so widely available in other parts of the country and around the world. On Wednesday, the appeals court said it didn't think the FDA's 2000 approval could be eliminated entirely because too much time had passed. The judges also upheld the FDA's approval of the generic version of the drug in 2019.
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