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Jessica Glenza in New York

How the abortion pill case at the supreme court could undo the FDA

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The FDA is the global gold standard for rigorous scientific review. Photograph: Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

A supreme court case about one little pill – mifepristone – has the medical and pharmaceutical world on edge. The pill, at the heart of a case that will be argued on Tuesday, is part of a two-drug regimen used to treat miscarriage and end early pregnancies.

Despite a more than 20-year track record of safe real-world use, backed up by more than 100 peer-reviewed studies, a group of anti-abortion doctors is seeking to roll back US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decisions that changed and relaxed some prescribing rules.

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