Debating the Ban: The Truth Behind the Abortion Pill Controversy.
Conservative lawyers and Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk have falsely claimed that the FDA fast-tracked the approval of mifepristone, an abortion medication, in 2000. In reality, the FDA took over four years to approve the drug and imposed heightened restrictions on its distribution. The plaintiffs, a group of anti-abortion doctors represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, exploit confusion about these procedural details to peddle the false narrative that the agency recklessly hastened review of mifepristone. Judge Kacsmaryk's apparent agreement with this false history is a dangerous sign.