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Abortion drug rulings spur drugmaker worries about precedent

WASHINGTON — Experts worry two recent rulings challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s regulation of a drug used in medication abortions threaten to complicate the agency’s oversight and the pipeline for future research and drug approvals.

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Top Dem lets GOP veto Biden judges

"Durbin refuses to revoke the blue-slip tradition that willingly grants GOP the ability to obstruct," critic says

Salon

Conflicting rulings for abortion pill

A bit of legal "whiplash" could occur in the next few days, one expert says

Salon

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Abortion drug rulings spur drugmaker worries about precedent - Roll Call

Critics of a court decision banning an abortion drug say the ruling undermines the FDA's ability to regulate the drug industry.

Roll Call

Free COVID testing will fade with US health emergency in May

Big changes could be coming for how Americans pay for COVID-19 tests

The Independent UK

Abortion pill rulings in conflict: What happens next?

The Biden administration on Monday asked a federal appeals court to allow women to continue to be able to access to the most commonly used abortion drug in the U.S. while a lawsuit over it plays out

The Independent UK

Big tobacco targets Black smokers with menthol but FDA plans a ban

ATLANTA — The Food and Drug Administration has taken up the regulation of tobacco products as a key issue to focus on in 2023, particularly prohibiting the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars and cigarillos.

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A Texas abortion provider moved to New Mexico. Today, most of its patients are Texans

DALLAS — Nine months after shuttering its Texas clinics, one of the nation’s largest independent abortion providers has opened a clinic in neighboring New Mexico.

Tribune News Service

Judge Halts FDA Approval Of Abortion Pill As The Biden Administration Vows To Fight

A Texas judge halted the approval of the abortion pill as the Biden Administration plan to appeal the decision in post-Roe

Zenger

Entrepreneurs launched startups to provide easy access to abortion pills. Now, the Texas ruling on mifepristone might force them to pivot

Startups Choix and Hey Jane must rethink their business models after a court ruling threatens FDA approval of a common abortion pill.

Fortune

American women, let this be your wake-up call: it won’t end with mifepristone

It doesn’t matter if you think abortion will be legal where you live – the anti-abortion movement wants a national ban

The Guardian - US

GOP's push against abortion becomes a runaway train

Backlash could box Republicans into defending unpopular policies in 2024.

Axios

How an abortion pill ruling could threaten the FDA's regulatory authority

A medical ethics expert says a Texas abortion pill ruling is unprecedented because a federal judge "standing in" for regulators could have far-reaching implications beyond mifepristone.

WEKU

Commentary: A judge’s attempt to restrict medication abortion nationwide shows extremists aren’t done yet

On Friday, federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk handed down a decision further restricting abortion access nationwide by suspending the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, the most common and safe pill used for medication abortion. Another ruling, from a federal judge in Washington state, ordered the F.D.A. to make no…

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Editorial: Bad Rx in Texas abortion pill case: In reversing FDA approval of mifepristone, Federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk highlights his own extremism

The drug mifepristone is safe. In fact, what’s unsafe is its absence, as the lack of the crucial abortion-inducing drug will push women to have abortions in more dangerous ways, which is why it’s been FDA-approved for more than 20 years.

The Guardian - US

‘We will not cave’: governors stockpile abortion drugs as access is threatened

Massachusetts, California and Washington pledge to provide medication after a federal judge invalidated 23-year FDA approval

Tribune News Service

US seeks freeze on Texas abortion pill ruling, clarity on conflicting order

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court to suspend a ruling by a conservative U.S. judge in Texas that would block access nationwide to a key drug used in medication abortions — even as it sought clarity on a conflicting order in Washington state.

The Independent UK

Abortion rights groups condemn ‘reckless’ judge overseeing critical drug case: ‘Minority rule at its worst’

Advocates, providers, medical groups and drugmakers wrestle with uncertainty, confusion and frustration

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Legal fight over abortion drug could quickly hit Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and several Democrat-led states took steps Monday to preserve access to a commonly used medication abortion drug after dueling federal court rulings about its availability.

Los Angeles Times

California stockpiles abortion medication after Texas court ruling

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that California will stockpile an emergency supply of 2 million abortion pills known as misoprostol in response to a federal judge in Texas ruling against the authorization of another medication that has been used to terminate pregnancies for decades.

Al Jazeera

Biden admin seeks to halt ruling suspending sale of abortion pill

The abortion pill mifepristone accounts for more than half of all abortions in the US and is considered safe to use.

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Biden administration seeks emergency hold on Texas judge's abortion pill ruling

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court to suspend a ruling by a conservative U.S. judge in Texas blocking access to an abortion pill nationwide at the end of the week.

Fortune

300 biotech and pharma CEOs including the head of Pfizer call for a reversal of the abortion pill ban

Pfizer’s Albert Bourla is among the CEOs who signed a letter against suspending mifepristone, citing its impact on the FDA and the biotech industry.

Tribune News Service

US government asks for clarity on abortion pill rulings

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is asking a federal judge in Washington state to explain how the government can comply with his order preserving access to the abortion pill in the face of a conflicting ruling by a federal judge in Texas.

WEKU

What's next for the abortion pill mifepristone?

Access to mifepristone, a medication that is used in about half of all abortions nationwide, hangs in the balance of two contradictory court rulings. A date with the Supreme Court is all but certain.

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