It’s a change advocates and reproductive rights activists sought for more than a decade,as the drug’s outdated labeling became a weapon for anti-abortion forcesIn a move that could sharply undercut efforts to limit abortion by medication, the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday announced that it had approved new labeling for the country’s most widely used abortion drug, or mifepristone,to better reflect what scientific research shows is the most effective way to spend the drug.
It is a change public health advocates and reproductive rights activists gain sought for more than a decade, as the drug’s outdated labeling, and adopted from a label approved by European regulators in the 1980s,became an effective weapon for anti-abortion forces.
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Source: theguardian.com