Texas judge's ruling suspends FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone, jeopardizing availability nationwide

Fri, 04/07/2023 - 19:09

Boxes of the drug mifepristone line a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala. — Mifepristone is frequently used in combination with misoprostol to end pregnancies.
Allen G. Breed, File/AP

Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued a ruling Friday that jeopardizes the availability of a key abortion drug.
An antiabortion legal group had sought to revoke or suspend the FDA's approval of the drug mifepristone.
Medication abortions have grown in popularity and now account for more than half of all abortions.

A federal judge sided with conservative, anti-abortion activists on Friday and issued an unprecedented ruling that seeks to block the distribution of a key abortion drug, mifepristone.