How Abortion Providers Are Planning for a Ruling That Could Force Mifepristone Off the Market

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The ruling in a lawsuit out of Texas seeking to reverse FDA approval of mifepristone is expected as soon as this week. Abortion providers have been preparing backup plans—such as providing medication abortions using only misoprostol.

While some providers are preparing to switch to misoprostol-only abortions, others are wary of the legal risks. “There is a strong appetite, to punish to jail, to imprison, to vilify abortion care specifically,” said Dr. Jamilla Perritt, an ob-gyn and president and CEO of Physicians for Reproductive Health. “So we cannot operate, we do not operate, under the same set of circumstances that people not providing this care do. The risk is greater for us.

, an online abortion provider, warned telehealth is at risk if Kacsmaryk’s ruling includes the Comstock Laws or any other laws involving mailing abortion pills. filed suit in Amarillo specifically to draw

 

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