What Might FDA Do Post Roe? Eliminate Mifepristone REMS

Attorneys say the biggest step FDA could take to expand access to medication abortion would be to eliminate REMS requirement for mifepristone. Timeline notes steps Biden administration and Congress have taken since the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the right to an abortion.

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Biden Administration is considering ways to increase access to the medication abortion pill mifepristone • Source: Shutterstock

The US Department of Health and Human Services is expected to issue a report soon noting what the administration can do to expand access to medication abortion. Attorneys point to one action the US Food and Drug Administration could take to accomplish this goal: eliminate the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for mifepristone.

On 8 July, President Biden issued an executive order on “Protecting Access to Reproductive Healthcare Services,” in which he said...

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