Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Mifepristone

 

https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2026/05/2026-05-01-Fifth-Circuit-Order-Granting-Stay-of-2023-REMS.pdf

Four years after Dobbs Mifepristone again on edge of ban



Certain high risk drugs are subject to REMS - risk evaluation and mitigation strategies. The abortifacient drug Mifepristone has one such drug. But the FDA - during the administration of Joe Biden rejected such a categorization, making the drug widely accessible.

In Louisiana v. FDA the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a nationwide injunction against prescription of Mifepristone, the abortifacient drug.

 See Questions and Answers on Mifepristone for Medical Termination of PregnancyThrough Ten Weeks Gestation, FDA.