Controversial Abortion Pill Ruling Sparks Political and Medical Debate
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A Texas judge's decision to invalidate federal approval of a key abortion drug cites research based on anonymous blog posts, cherry picks statistics that exaggerate the negative physical and psychological effects of mifepristone, and ignores hundreds of scientific studies attesting to the medication's safety. The ruling is the first time a court has suspended a medication's approval after rejecting the assessment of a human drug by the FDA, considered among the world's most stringent regulators. The scientific community has raised alarms about increasing legal and political attempts to undermine the science that informs modern medicine.
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