Doctors Seek Clarity From FDA as States Stockpile Abortion Pills

Medical groups say they’re awaiting clearer guidance from the FDA and courts on the legality of prescribing state supplies of the abortion pill mifepristone, which could have its approval suspended this week.

Massachusetts and Washington have announced plans to stockpile supplies of mifepristone, and New York and California are securing supplies of another drug called misoprostol. The two drugs are used together to terminate early pregnancies.

Attorneys and the drug’s brand-name manufacturer—Danco Laboratories—say that even if the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denies the Biden administration’s request for an emergency stay on a Texas federal judge’s mifepristone ...