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June 24, 2024

Food and Drug Administration v Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine—A Cautious Win for Reproductive Health Care and FDA Authority

Author Affiliations
  • 1O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC
  • 2Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta
JAMA. 2024;332(6):453-454. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.13161

On June 13, 2024, the US Supreme Court handed the Biden Administration, reproductive health advocates, and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) an important win. The Court’s unanimous opinion allowed mifepristone, one of 2 drugs approved by the FDA in a regimen for medication abortion, to remain widely available in the United States.1 This case was one of the most anticipated of this term, particularly as roughly 63% of abortions are now facilitated with the use of mifepristone.2 In its ruling, the Court let stand scientific decisions of the FDA to expand access to mifepristone without the reimposition of onerous requirements that had been in place prior to 2016.

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