A Mifepristone lawsuit in front of a Texas judge and filed by a religious activist group could force the FDA to suspend or withdraw approval of a safe, long-used medication that is approved around the world. This comes courtesy of a lawsuit filed by a religious activist group. As an ObGyn and Texan, I’m horrified by the implications a favorable ruling could have...not just for mifepristone access, but for other medications and health access in the future. *All sources are cited. Anything said in this video represents a personal opinion I have formed based on reading those sources.

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REFERENCES:
Filing: https://www.law360.com/cases/6377d1be...

Washington Post - overview of the TX case: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...

NYTimes - additional coverage of the TX case: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/he...

AG vs FDA to Remove REMS Restrictions: https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaw...

ACOG Push Back to ADF: https://www.acog.org/news/news-releas...

ACOG REMS Input: https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinica...

2017 NEJM Article for Removal from REMS: https://sci-hub.se/10.1056/NEJMsb1612526

Mifepristone Safety Overview from ANSIRH: https://www.ansirh.org/sites/default/...

Mifepristone Post-Marketing Data: https://www.fda.gov/media/154941/down...

Comparative Safety Legal Abortion vs Pregnancy: https://journals.lww.com/greenjournal...

Comstock Application (DOJ Slip Opinion): https://www.justice.gov/olc/opinion/f...

NBC - Judge Kacsmaryk seems sympathetic to anti-choice arguments: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...

New York Times - Wyoming governor signs ban on abortion pills: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/17/us...

ADF Adoption Case: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/22/us...

ADF Belize: https://www.hrc.org/news/inside-caleb...

ADF Stands For:
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2...

10 Things You Shoudl Know About The ADF:
https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/...

ADF Custody Case: http://archive.boston.com/news/nation...

ADF 2021 Filing: https://projects.propublica.org/nonpr...

12 States Challenge Restrictions on Mifepristone: https://www.reuters.com/legal/democra...

JAMA Viagra: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...

SPLC Categorizes ADF as Extremist Hate Group: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-ha... Sign up for my Friday newsletter MDJ in Your (in)BOX! for a breakdown of the week's trending reproductive health news (and brief MDJ updates)! https://mailchi.mp/68d115710484/mdj-i...

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