Supreme Court extends access to abortion pills until Friday
Supreme Court extends access to abortion pills until Friday
The Supreme Court has extended access to abortion pills until just before midnight on Friday.
Judge Samuel Alito imposed an administrative stay that extended the blocking of a Texas judge’s controversial mifepristone ruling.
The judges are expected to make a decision before midnight on Friday, April 21.
The case stems from a ruling this month by a U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas that would have banned mifepristone, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2000 and accounts for more than half of all abortions. in the United States.
An appeals court blocked a ban on the pill but imposed tough access restrictions, after which the baton was handed over to the Supreme Court.
An earlier postponement of the order’s entry into force was due to take effect at the end of Wednesday.
Geneve drug maker GenBioPro Inc, based in Nevada, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday calling the FDA the name of the FDA as it tries to keep selling its product during the legal battle.
The Supreme Court has extended access to abortion pills until Friday
Part of the ruling limited the drug’s approval to the first seven weeks of pregnancy. Opponents argued that many women do not know they are pregnant until then.
The Supreme Court, where the Conservatives have a 6-3 majority, temporarily suspended lower court rulings on Friday to consider what to do next.
Both the Biden administration and drugmaker Danco Laboratories sought to overturn the lower court ruling.
The lawsuit is only the latest since the Supreme Court ruling Roe against Wade last summer, sparking political clashes in Washington and state houses across the country.
Democrats credit the fight over abortion rights as contributing to their better-than-expected performance in November’s House races, though Republicans still captured the majority.
The White House is preparing to act when there is a final ruling.
“This is a high priority. We’re obviously watching this closely and what the decisions are — what decisions may come out of this,” Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary, said Wednesday.
“We are prepared for any outcome the Supreme Court may issue, and we are prepared for a long legal battle if necessary,” she added.