Statement from Planned Parenthood Federation of America Ahead of Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Mifepristone Is Safe and Effective

Mifepristone is currently FDA-approved and on the market

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case brought by the anti-abortion movement to jeopardize FDA approval of mifepristone — a safe, effective medication. 

Mifepristone, which has been used by more than 5 million people across the U.S., has been FDA-approved and available for more than 23 years for abortion and miscarriage care. Availability of mifepristone is essential for abortion access. The Supreme Court is expected to issue a decision in the case by late June.

Statement from Planned Parenthood Federation of America President and CEO Alexis McGill Johnson: 

“Yet again, abortion access is before the Supreme Court. That’s because abortion opponents are still hellbent on controlling our bodies, lives, and futures by banning abortion nationwide. Study after study has shown medication abortion and mifepristone to be safe and effective — with or without a health center visit. Those findings have only grown clearer in the more than two decades mifepristone has been on the U.S. market. 

“Beyond the threat to our fundamental rights, the very existence of this case puts every other FDA-approved medication at risk of being taken off the market or restricted for political reasons. That is reason enough to be clear about how serious this case is for the future of sexual and reproductive health care and everything beyond. We hope that science and evidence prevail, and the Supreme Court rejects this politically motivated effort to make it harder to access abortion.”

Abortion bans and restrictions continue to do the most harm to Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities, rural communities, LGBTQ+ people, and young people — those who already face barriers to sexual and reproductive health care due to systemic racism and discrimination.

Read Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s previous statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to take this case here, on the 5th Circuit’s decision here, and learn more about mifepristone here.

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