Legal Challenges to the FDA Approval of Medication Abortion Pills
With a hearing on the case scheduled for March 15, this issue brief details the Alliance of Hippocratic Medicine challenge to the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill, mifepristone. It provides context for the challenge, as well as what some of the possible rulings in the case could mean for access to medication abortion.
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The Estimated Value of Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Hospitals Was Nearly $28 Billion in 2020
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