Judges pause FDA rule allowing doctors to send mifepristone through the mail, limiting access to the most common method for ending pregnancy.
Judges have issued a stay on an FDA regulation that permitted the distribution of mifepristone via mail, restricting access to the medication used for pregnancy termination.
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Judges have issued a stay on an FDA regulation that permitted the distribution of mifepristone via mail, restricting access to the medication used for pregnancy termination.
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