To have this pill, it will now take three visits to the doctor during the prescription period, which will be limited to the first seven weeks of pregnancy, against ten previously.
His authorization had been suspended last week. The abortion pill remains temporarily authorized in the United States but under stricter conditions than before, according to a judgment rendered Wednesday, April 12, by an appeal court. Dissatisfied, the Biden administration decided on Thursday to seize the Supreme Court.
The panel of three judges based in New Orleans decided, by two votes to one, to condition the authorization of mifepristone (RU 486) on three visits to the doctor during the prescription period, which will be limited to first seven weeks of pregnancy, against ten previously.
Marketing authorization withdrawn
The government of Joe Biden had turned to the court of appeal after a federal judge in Texas withdrew the marketing authorization for mifepristone. Matthew Kacsmaryk, a neocon appointed by former President Donald Trump, had planned a one-week delay before his decision would apply, to give the federal government time to appeal.
In the United States, the method using mifepristone and misoprostol has been authorized by the American Medicines Agency (FDA) since 2000. EIt accounted for 53% of abortions in the United States in 2020, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
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