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mifepristone
[ mif-uh-pris-tohn ]
noun
- an antigestational drug, C 29 H 35 NO 2 , that prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterine wall by blocking the action of progesterone.
mifepristone
/ ɪˈɛɪˌəʊ /
noun
- an antiprogestogenic steroid, used in the medical termination of pregnancy. Formula: C 29 H 35 NO 2
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of mifepristone1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of mifepristone1
Example Sentences
Then there’s federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Amarillo, Texas, who last year overturned the Food and Drug Administration’s long-standing approval of the abortion drug mifepristone.
The Biden administration, he noted, went to the Supreme Court to protect access to mifepristone, one of two drugs used to medically end pregnancy.
One open question is whether Trump will direct the Food and Drug Administration to revoke the approval of mifepristone, a common abortion-inducing drug that conservatives tried to get moved off the market.
In the meantime, abortion opponents have set their sights on shutting down access to abortion pills — mifepristone and misoprostol.
While mifepristone was able to retain approval this year, the Supreme Court did leave the door open to future challenges to abortion drugs.
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