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Abortion pill ruling looms over FDA's drug approval process

A federal judge in Texas is poised to rule "as soon as possible" on whether to suspend the FDA's approval of a widely-used abortion pill and potentially reverse the agency's authority on drug regulation for the first time.

Why it matters: Legal experts fear that if District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk orders the FDA to temporarily withdraw its approval of mifepristone, others will challenge FDA-approved treatments that they disagree with.


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