Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes wants the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove restrictions on one of two drugs used in non-surgical abortions.
Mayes joined a coalition of attorneys general to request that the FDA remove what she called in a statement burdensome restrictions on mifepristone. Mayes says women in Arizona have safely and effectively used mifepristone for more than two decades.
A combination of that drug and misoprostol was prescribed to nearly all Arizonans seeking a non-medical abortion in 2023.
The FDA requires providers to become a registered prescriber of mifepristone and pharmacies must obtain a special certification to dispense the drug. It also requires patients to sign a form that states they are voluntarily terminating their pregnancy.
-
State lawmakers are moving to make criminals out of doctors and pharmacists who send abortion-inducing drugs to Arizona women — as well as those who seek them — but questions remain over whether the bill is constitutional. -
Planned Parenthood Arizona is offering new services and has seen an uptick in patients after a February ruling blocking many abortion restrictions in the state. -
It’s been two years since Arizona voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 139 into law, enshrining abortion rights until about 24 weeks gestation in the state Constitution. -
Medical residency applications have dropped significantly in abortion-restricted states following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. -
A new lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union contends that the state can’t stop “advanced practice clinicians” — like nurse practitioners — from performing abortions in Arizona.
