Editing Mifepristone (section)

===Controversy===
{{Main|Abortion debate}}

Many [[anti-abortion]] groups in the United States actively campaigned against the approval of mifepristone<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Cunningham PC, McCoy L, Ferguson CD |title= Citizen Petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration |publisher= Americans United for Life |date= 28 February 1995 |access-date= 20 September 2006 |url= http://www.fnsa.org/v1n3/americans1.html |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061003131224/http://www.fnsa.org/v1n3/americans1.html |archive-date= 3 October 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |vauthors= Talbot M |title= The Little White Bombshell |newspaper= The New York Times |date= 11 July 1999 |access-date= 20 September 2006 |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E5DC113DF932A25754C0A96F958260&sec=health&pagewanted=2 |url-access=subscription |archive-date= 28 August 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210828172922/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/11/magazine/the-little-white-bombshell.html |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Abortion Foes to Boycott Drugs (Altace) Made By RU-486 Manufacturer |newspaper=The Virginia Pilot |date=8 July 1994 |access-date=15 September 2006 |url=http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp940708/07080818.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080220223236/http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp940708/07080818.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 February 2008 }}</ref> and continue to actively campaign for its withdrawal.<ref>{{cite web | vauthors = Guthrie S |title= Counteroffensive Launched on RU-486 |newspaper= Christianity Today |date= 11 June 2001 |access-date= 20 September 2006 |url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/008/13.58.html |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060920105409/http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/008/13.58.html |archive-date= 20 September 2006 }}</ref> They cite either ethical issues with abortion or safety concerns regarding the drug and the adverse reactions associated with it.<ref>{{cite news |vauthors= Kolata G |title= Death at 18 Spurs Debate Over a Pill For Abortion |newspaper= The New York Times |date= 24 September 2003 |access-date= 20 September 2006 |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E7DD173DF937A1575AC0A9659C8B63&sec=health&pagewanted=1 |archive-date= 28 August 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210828172952/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/24/us/death-at-18-spurs-debate-over-a-pill-for-abortion.html |url-status= live }}</ref>

Religious and [[anti-abortion]] groups outside the United States have also protested mifepristone, especially in Germany<ref>{{cite web| vauthors = Allen JL |title=Abortion debates rock Germany: introduction of abortion pill exacerbates controversy |newspaper=National Catholic Reporter |date=12 February 1999 |access-date=14 September 2006 |url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_15_35/ai_53924378 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050528125020/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1141/is_15_35/ai_53924378 |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 May 2005 }}</ref> and Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title= Catholic and Evangelical students join Muslims in RU-486 fight |newspaper= Catholic News |date= 9 February 2006 |access-date= 18 September 2006 |url= http://www.cathnews.com/news/602/54.php |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061027200522/http://www.cathnews.com/news/602/54.php |archive-date= 27 October 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title= Death Toll Rises to 11 Women |publisher= Australians Against RU-486 |year= 2006 |access-date= 20 September 2006 |url= http://www.aaru486.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=26 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060820140044/http://www.aaru486.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=26 |archive-date= 20 August 2006 }}</ref>

A court case that originated in Texas in 2023 argued that mifepristone was unsafe and women should no longer be able to order it by mail. This case was won in Texas but was appealed, and in June 2024, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|US Supreme Court]] ruled unanimously on that case to keep mifepristone available on grounds that those who originally filed the lawsuit did not have standing to file.<ref name=MIFE>[https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/supreme-court-rejects-abortion-pill-challenge-preserving-wide-access-to-drug-f78f3320?st=4qzabwgst2uclm2&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink Supreme Court Rejects Abortion Pill Challenge, Preserving Wide Access to Drug] by Laura Kusisto and Jess Bravin in the Wall Street Journal, June 13, 2024.</ref>