FDA urges fed­er­al judge to pro­tect abor­tion pill ac­cess

The FDA has urged US Dis­trict Judge Matthew Kac­s­maryk to re­ject a pre­lim­i­nary in­junc­tion filed by abor­tion op­po­nents to with­draw the ap­proval for the drug used in med­ica­tion-re­lat­ed abor­tions, ac­cord­ing to court fil­ings made avail­able Tues­day.

The fil­ings were sub­mit­ted via a Nov. 2022 law­suit brought in Texas by the Amer­i­can As­so­ci­a­tion of Pro-Life Ob­ste­tri­cians and Gy­ne­col­o­gists and oth­er or­ga­ni­za­tions.

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