Federal Hearing on Abortion Pills and the Battle for Access in the US
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A federal lawsuit challenging the approval of the abortion drug mifepristone was heard in a Texas courtroom this week. The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a coalition of anti-abortion-rights groups, is challenging the drug's approval, while government lawyers representing the FDA defended it. The FDA approved mifepristone in 2000 for use in combination with a second drug to terminate first-trimester pregnancies. The judge could order the drug to be removed from the market or take other steps to restrict it.
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