THURSDAY, June 5, 2025 — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary

2025年6月5日，星期四——美国卫生与公众服务部长

Robert F. Kennedy Jr

罗伯特·F·肯尼迪 Jr.

. has ordered a fresh safety review of mifepristone, a drug commonly used in medication abortions.

已下令对米非司酮进行新一轮的安全审查，这种药物常用于药物流产。

He asked

他问了。

Dr. Marty Makary

马蒂·马卡里博士

, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to 'review the latest data.' The FDA has not said when the review will begin or what specific data will be examined, according to

，美国食品和药物管理局（FDA）局长，进行“审查最新数据”。 FDA 尚未说明审查何时开始或将会检查哪些具体数据，根据

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.

。

Mifepristone

米非司酮

is used with another drug,

与另一种药物一起使用，

misoprostol

米索前列醇

, to end an early pregnancy. The FDA approved it in 2000 after an extensive review, and the agency has continued to monitor its safety over the years.

，以终止早期妊娠。 FDA 在 2000 年经过广泛审查后批准了该药，而且多年来该机构一直在继续监测其安全性。

No new safety concerns have been found since its approval, the FDA says.

FDA表示，自批准以来，尚未发现新的安全问题。

More than 5 million people have used mifepristone since it became available. A 2023

自米非司酮问世以来，已有超过500万人使用过该药物。2023年

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by the Guttmacher Institute reported that medication abortions accounted for more than 6 in 10 abortions in the U.S. health care system that year.

古特马赫研究所报告称，那一年药物堕胎占美国医疗保健系统中超过十分之六的堕胎。

The request for a review appears to have been prompted by a recent

请求审查似乎是由最近的情况引发的

report

报告

from the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a group that promotes Judeo-Christian religious traditions and is funded by multiple right-wing organizations,

来自伦理与公共政策中心，该组织致力于推广犹太-基督教宗教传统，并由多个右翼组织资助，

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reported.

已报告。

Its report, which has not been published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, claims 1 in 10 patients experience “serious adverse events,” such as etopic pregnancy, hemorrhaging or emergency room visits.

其报告尚未在经同行评议的医学期刊上发表，报告声称十分之一的患者经历了“严重的不良事件”，如异位妊娠、出血或急诊室就诊。

Health experts say those claims are misleading.

健康专家表示，这些说法具有误导性。

'When you have a medication

“当你有一种药物

abortion

流产

, you bleed. That is normal. That is not an adverse event unless the bleeding is so significant that a woman needs a transfusion,' said

“，你会出血。这是正常的。除非出血非常严重，以至于女性需要输血，否则这不是不良事件，”研究人员说。

Dr. Céline Gounder

塞琳·冈德医生

, a medical contributor to

，一位医疗贡献者

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and editor-at-large for KFF Health News.

KFF健康新闻的特约编辑。

'It is to be expected that not all medication abortions will successfully eliminate the pregnancy,' Gounder added. 'A surgical abortion after incomplete/failed medication abortion should not be considered an adverse event. An

“可以预料，并非所有的药物流产都能成功终止妊娠，”古德补充道。“在不完全/失败的药物流产后进行手术流产不应被视为不良事件。一个

ectopic pregnancy

异位妊娠

[when a fertilized egg develops outside the uterus] is not caused by mifepristone and should not be considered a serious adverse event.'

[当受精卵在子宫外发育时]并非由米非司酮引起，不应被视为严重的不良事件。

Gounder pointed out that the report doesn’t explain where its data comes from or include a comparison group, making it impossible to confirm or check its claims.

龚德指出，该报告没有解释其数据来源，也没有包括对照组，因此无法确认或核实其说法。

This isn’t the first time mifepristone has come under fire. In 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld access to the drug in a major ruling.

这并不是米非司酮第一次受到攻击。2024年，美国最高法院在一项重大裁决中维护了对该药物的使用权限。

The court unanimously found that the groups challenging the drug’s use did not have the legal right to do so,

法院一致裁定，质疑使用该药物的群体没有这样做的合法权利，

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said.

说。

In all, 28 states have laws that restrict access to the drug in some way. Four ban mailing the pills altogether, according to the Guttmacher Institute.

总共28个州有法律在某种程度上限制获取该药物。根据古特马赫研究所的数据，有四个州完全禁止邮寄这些药丸。

Makary has previously said he had “no plans to take action” on mifepristone.

马卡里此前曾表示，他“没有计划对米非司酮采取行动”。

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