The pill accounts for more than half of US abortions, but it is a focus of growing political attack.
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In a lawsuit filed on Thursday, the states claimed the limits on the drug are not supported by evidence.Now accounting for more than half of all abortions in the country, it has become the focus of growing political attacks since the US Supreme Court overturned the nationwide right to an abortion last summer.
But while misoprostol is freely available, the FDA tightly controls who can prescribe and dispense mifepristone. "The availability of medication abortion has never been more important," wrote the plaintiffs, noting that approval of the drug was "based on a thorough and comprehensive review of the scientific evidence".
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