An appeals court has ruled that mifepristone will stay on the market — with significant restrictions — while the various legal cases about it continue to be argued.
Mifepristone and misoprostol pills are provided at a clinic in Illinois in 2018.
As part of the three-judge panel’s ruling, mifepristone could not be sent to patients by mail, and the latest it could be used to end a pregnancy was dropped from 70 days down to 49, or about seven weeks, before many people know they’re pregnant.
to prohibit the FDA from pulling the drug off the market. That ruling, however, would only apply to the 18 plaintiff states in the case, which include Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Vermont.for over 20 years
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