Washington, Apr 9 (EFE).- The Secretary of Health of the United States, Xavier Becerra, promised this Sunday that the Government will do “everything possible” so that the abortion pill mifepristone continues to be available in the country after a Texas judge ordered revoke your health authorization.
“We will do everything possible to ensure that it remains available not only this week but in the future, because mifepristone is one of the safest and most effective drugs,” the official said in an interview with CNN.
Becerra considered that the order issued on Friday by Texas federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to withdraw the health guarantee for the drug that has been in force since the year 2000 is “improper to the United States.”
The judge, postulated by former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), has given a week’s deadline for the entry into force of the order so that the Joe Biden government has time to appeal it.
The Secretary of Health explained that they have already appealed the Kacsmaryk ruling and that “all options are on the table,” including the possibility that the FDA ignores the order.
Becerra accused the judge of wanting to impose “his personal opinions above that of scientists,” and warned that this step could set a precedent that jeopardizes the authorization of drugs such as insulin or Alzheimer’s treatments.
“We want women to continue to have access to this drug that has been shown to be safe. Millions of women have used it around the world, ”she claimed.
In the ruling, the judge alleges that the FDA violated due process in approving mifepristone without regard to the drug’s “negative impact” on health.
The United States has been experiencing a political and judicial battle over abortion since the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, struck down the constitutional right to abortion last June, after which dozens of states governed by Republicans have restricted this practice.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, 54% of pregnancy terminations in the United States in 2022 were with abortion pills like mifepristone or misoprostol.
