REMS In The Time Of COVID-19: ACLU Sues FDA Over Abortion Pill Access

Medical and advocacy groups claim FDA is requiring women to fill prescriptions for Mifeprex in person while waiving REMS requirement for in-person visits for other drugs.

Abortion pill, unwanted pregnancy
Medical groups sue FDA to temporarily halt REMS requirement for abortion pill mifepristone

Medical organizations claim that the US Food and Drug Administration is restricting access to the abortion pill Mifeprex (mifepristone) by requiring patients to pick it up in-person at a clinic or medical office as required under the product's Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy. They say the FDA has waived REMS enforcement for other drugs requiring in-person visits during the COVID-19 pandemic and the same policy should apply to mifepristone.

The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against FDA on 27 May in the US District Court for the...

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