Supreme Court grants temporary pause on abortion pill ruling Print
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Friday, 14 April 2023 16:05

women-health-servicesLast week, a Texas judge suspended FDA's 23-year-old approval of mifepristone. An appeals court put that part of the ruling on hold but left another part that blocked steps taken since 2016 to ease access to the drug.


WASHINGTON, DC - The Supreme Court briefly paused a ruling from a federal court that would severely restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone.

The short order from Justice Samuel Alito on the court’s emergency “shadow docket” will keep the status quo in place until at least midnight Wednesday while the administration’s emergency request for a stay is considered by the full court.

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