KFF March 13, 2023
Medication abortion has emerged as a major legal front in the battle over abortion access across the nation. Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling on June 24, 2022, four new cases have been filed in federal courts specifically regarding aspects of the FDA’s regulation of medication abortion. These challenges, some in the early stages, could affect the availability of abortion medications in the short and long term. At the heart of these cases is the FDA’s authority to approve drugs, whether courts can reverse the FDA’s decisions, and if states can impose additional restrictions beyond what the FDA requires. The case that has gotten the most attention recently is Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM) v. FDA, filed in November 2022,...
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