The battle over access to the medication abortion drug mifepristone has reached a crescendo, with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, calling on the US Food and Drug Administration to ignore an expected court order for its withdrawal from the market.
Order For Withdrawal Of Mifepristone Would Be ‘Unprecedented,’ Seismic Event; Wyden Says FDA Must Ignore It
Senator Wyden says the case has been "a rigged game all along" as state attorneys general and medical groups file briefs in the suit against the FDA.
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