{"title":"Battles Over Medication Abortion Threaten the Integrity of Drug Approvals in the U.S.","authors":"Liam Bendicksen, Aaron S Kesselheim","doi":"10.1017/jme.2023.76","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Legal challenges to the FDA's approval of mifepristone have destabilized patients' ability to access controversial medicines like medication abortion. We argue that federal courts' receptiveness to this litigation undermines the coherence and integrity of prescription drug regulation in the U.S.</p>","PeriodicalId":50165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/jme.2023.76","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ETHICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Legal challenges to the FDA's approval of mifepristone have destabilized patients' ability to access controversial medicines like medication abortion. We argue that federal courts' receptiveness to this litigation undermines the coherence and integrity of prescription drug regulation in the U.S.
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Material published in The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (JLME) contributes to the educational mission of The American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, covering public health, health disparities, patient safety and quality of care, and biomedical science and research. It provides articles on such timely topics as health care quality and access, managed care, pain relief, genetics, child/maternal health, reproductive health, informed consent, assisted dying, ethics committees, HIV/AIDS, and public health. Symposium issues review significant policy developments, health law court decisions, and books.