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Mary Tuma

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Trump judge s ruling could ban abortion pill across the us | History Defined

Boxes of mifepristone, which is taken alongside the drug misoprostol during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
Boxes of mifepristone, which is taken alongside the drug misoprostol during the first 10 weeks of pregnancy. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

A Texas judge could soon upend what remains of abortion access across the US if he agrees to a request by far-right groups to reverse federal approval of a key drug used in medication abortion, which accounts for more than half of pregnancy terminations nationwide.

Reproductive rights advocates say the ruling could have a “devastating” impact on the already fragile abortion care landscape, severely eroded last June by the US supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade.

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