What Might FDA Do Post Roe? Eliminate Mifepristone REMS
Executive Summary
Attorneys say the biggest step FDA could take to expand access to medication abortion would be to eliminate REMS requirement for mifepristone. Timeline notes steps Biden administration and Congress have taken since the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the right to an abortion.
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