Arizona Defies New FDA Abortion Rules

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed three bills targeting abortion providers, including one requiring them to follow outdated federal guidelines for the most common abortion drug and prescribe it at much higher doses than needed.

 

The law boldly defies new FDA rules implemented this week on abortion drugs.

 

The signing of the bill, Senate Bill 1324, is likely to jump-start a federal court case that blocked a previous version of the legislation.

 

The bill bars doctors from prescribing the drug commonly known as RU-486 after seven weeks of pregnancy and requires it to be taken only at Food and Drug Administration-approved doses in effect until this week. It also requires the two doses of the drug to be taken at a clinic, while providers now send the patient home with the second pill to be taken days after the first.