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Congressional Democrats urge FDA to relax restrictions on access to abortion drug

February 10, 2021 12:04 AM UTC

Congressional Democrats who want FDA to relax restrictions on abortion medications aren’t waiting for the confirmation of an HHS secretary or FDA commissioner to press their case.

Eleven Democratic members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform sent a letter Tuesday to Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock requesting that the agency “lift the medically unnecessary in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone, a prescription medication that has been used to safely end early pregnancies for more than two decades in our country.” ...