The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues
10 months ago and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.
Women seeking to end their pregnancies in the first 10 weeks without more invasive surgical abortion can take mifepristone, along with misoprostol. The FDA has eased the terms of mifepristone’s use over the years, including allowing it to be sent through the mail in states that allow access. Responding to a quick appeal, two more Trump appointees on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. But Judges Andrew Oldham and Kurt Engelhardt said most of the rest of Kacsmaryk’s ruling could take effect while the case winds through federal courts.
The Biden administration has said the rulings conflict and create an untenable situation for the FDA.
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