FDA Defends Decades-Old Abortion Pill Approval Decision Against Conservative Challengers

A group of conservatives called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine challenging the approval of mifepristone, a pill used for safe abortions, has met resistance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The group and other far-right activists claim the agency rushed the drug’s approval and claim that the agency declared pregnancy an illness in the decision.

According to Zoey Becker, “Hitting back, the FDA responded that the suit failed to prove that the plaintiffs are suffering imminent and irreparable harm. Their ‘speculative assertions of injury,’ which were ‘made months and even decades’ after the approval in question, are ‘unsupported by any evidence,’ the FDA said.”

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(Source: Fierce Pharma, January 18^th, 2023)