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.
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Republican gubernatorial hopeful Andy Biggs has chosen a former state senator who sought to define in state law who is male and who is female as his running mate. -
Planned Parenthood Arizona clinics are once again providing care for patients insured through Medicaid. Services for Medicaid patients had been on pause since September. -
Arizona voters added abortion protections to the state’s constitution two years ago, but reproductive rights advocates say their fight is far from over. -
Prescribing abortion medications via telehealth was previously banned by a state law. But a court ruling in February voided that, and several other abortion regulations in Arizona. -
The case involves state laws that ban certain advanced practice clinicians like specially trained nurse practitioners from providing abortion services — something they’ve historically done.
