WASHINGTON — A 19th century “anti-vice” law is at the center of a new court ruling that threatens access to the leading abortion drug in the U.S. Dormant for a half-century, the Comstock Act has been revived by anti-abortion groups and conservative states seeking to block the mailing of mifepristone, the pill used in more … Read more
Leona Benten was 6½ weeks pregnant when she volunteered to be the test case in the 1992 legal fight over the legality of importing mifepristone. View original article Contributor: Timothy Bella
The announcement brings the official count of malaria-free territories and nations to 42. View original article Contributor: Erin Blakemore
“This opens the door to the courts’ second-guessing any FDA approval — especially for drugs for controversial areas like gender-affirming care,” expert says. View original article Contributor: David Ovalle
Leona Benten was 6½ weeks pregnant when she volunteered to be the test case in the 1992 legal fight over the legality of importing mifepristone. View original article Contributor: Timothy Bella
The announcement brings the official count of malaria-free territories and nations to 42. View original article Contributor: Erin Blakemore
“This opens the door to the courts’ second-guessing any FDA approval — especially for drugs for controversial areas like gender-affirming care,” expert says. View original article Contributor: David Ovalle
One federal judge said the F.D.A.’s approval of the drug mifepristone was invalid, while another federal judge ordered the agency to keep the pill available. The legal fallout is just beginning. View original article Contributor: Abbie VanSickle and Pam Belluck
After she died — and just a year after her discovery — another scientist took credit for her work. It would be more than half a century until her story resurfaced. View original article Contributor: Delthia Ricks
One invalidated the F.D.A.’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The other ordered the F.D.A. to do nothing to restrict the pill’s availability. View original article Contributor: Pam Belluck