Every year, one million American women miscarry, and at least 15% of known pregnancies result in miscarriage. Mifepristone was approved for early miscarriage in 2000, but it is often used “off label” to treat early pregnancy miscarriage or accelerate delivery when the fetus dies in the later stages of pregnancy. These uses are so common that US senators are urging manufacturer Danco to apply to the FDA to add abortion to the label of its drug Mifeprex.
Denise Harle, a lawyer representing anti abortion doctors and healthcare organizations in the lawsuit filed in Texas, stated that they will not question the use of drugs other than abortion. But legal experts say that if it is withdrawn from the market due to approved use, it cannot be used for abortion.
Dr. Kristyn Brandi stated that this will eliminate the “golden standard” for abortion management, which is the combination of mifepristone and misoprostol, which helps clear the uterus and reduce the chance of infection.
In her second ultrasound examination, the doctor was unable to detect the fetal heart activity. Phillips considered “dilatation and curettage”, but did not like that she needed general anesthesia and could not take her body home. Drug therapy seems to be a better option.
She took mifepristone and ended up taking two doses of misoprostol. But abortion itself is not more important than my worst period, “she said. And my family and I are very comfortable at home
Now, she has found comfort in her memorial garden, with a statue of the little angel placed next to a tree in her front yard.
Myriad Norris, 25, from Lexington, Kentucky, said she was happy to be able to buy mifepristone when she had an abortion in late March – even though she didn’t ultimately need it.
After discovering that he was pregnant for about 12 hours, Norris began to cramp and bleed. Due to concerns about the possibility of infection, she consulted a doctor about mifepristone. She was pregnant for more than five weeks and the tissue passed out on its own.
Soon, news of the Texas judge’s ruling spread. Norris, a full-time mother active in the Kentucky Reproductive Freedom Organization, said this brought “additional sadness”.
The “Cold Cicada Effect” and Backup Plan
Mifepristone has long been subject to special restrictions, but experts say it is as safe as the over-the-counter painkiller ibuprofen. For example, the FDA requires it to be dispensed by a certified prescription doctor or under their supervision.
The doctor said that the current legal environment is further tightening access.
Brandi said, ‘This has a bit of a cold cicada effect,’ even if it is still approved and usable, doctors’ won’t give it because they are too worried about the consequences in the future. ‘.
Dr. Sarah Prager, a gynecologist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, said that her health system does not restrict mifepristone, but others in her state do.

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