The bill requires doctors to administer certain drugs only in accordance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration protocol. The use of mifepristone was initially approved by the FDA through only the first seven weeks of pregnancy; however, evidence-based best practices allow medical practitioners to use the drug up to nine weeks after a woman’s last menstrual period as a safe alternative to an in-clinic abortion procedure.
The FDA does not restrict evidence-based changes to the administration of a drug, as it often evolves. Mifepristone has been found to be effective in smaller doses and up to two weeks longer than the drug was originally approved. Additionally, medical groups such as the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)have spoken out in opposition of this type of legislation.
If enacted, this legislation means that a woman in Oklahoma who ends her pregnancy for any reason, including ectopic pregnancy, will be denied access to medication abortion two weeks earlier than evidence-based medical practices currently support.. Often, a woman does not even realize she is pregnant until she is past or nearly past this point in her pregnancy.
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