Happening tomorrow, the US Supreme Court is set to decide
access to a widely used abortion pill.
The major case involves the drug Mifepresto,
which was approved back in 2000.
pro-life groups are suing to limit access to the drug,
claiming it's unsafe, citing several studies.
Abortion supporters say lifting restrictions could set a precedent on
how drugs are approved and affect the abortion drugs availability.
The case could be a big deal because if the
court even sides with the 5th Circuit,
essentially saying that the FDA didn't have the authority to
lift restrictions on access to the drug in 2016 and
2021.
That would render pretty much all the doses of mifepristone
on the market potentially misbranded and mislabeled.
So Miffa Preston is taken with another drug to perform
medicated abortions,
which account for more than 60%
of abortions nationwide.