The Biden administration is preparing for a worst-case scenario as they wait for a ruling on the Texas abortion pill lawsuit.
Mifepristone, also sold under the brand name Mifeprex, is approved by the FDA to end a pregnancy up to 10 weeks.The Biden administration is preparing for a worst-case scenario if a conservative federal judge rules in favor of a lawsuit seeking to restrict access to one of the two drugs typically used to induce a medicated abortion.Two drugs, mifepristone and misoprostol, can be taken by women at home and are used for just over half of U.S. abortions.
"There are now partisan and political attacks attempting to question the legitimacy of a group of scientists and doctors who have studied the significance of this drug," Harris said. "There is now an attempt by politicians to remove it from the ability of doctors to prescribe and the ability of people to receive."
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, meanwhile, was in California on Friday to meet leaders from Planned Parenthood to talk about access to the abortion drugs. She added that Harris expressed support for immediately challenging the ruling if it shuts down access to mifepristone. Mifepristone dilates the cervix and blocks the action of the hormone progesterone, which enables a pregnancy to continue. Misoprostol causes contractions that empty the uterus. Typically, mifepristone is taken by mouth first, followed by misoprostol a day or two later.
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