The Department of Justice said Thursday it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after an appeals court reinstated some restrictions on an abortion-inducing drug.
Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medication abortion, are prepared for patients at a clinic in New Mexico on Jan. 13., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
While mailing abortion pills was already illegal in Texas, even before this ruling, the return of this restriction is expected to limit access for Texans seeking the medication in other states or illicitly.out of Washington state, issued just 20 minutes after the Texas ruling, ordering the FDA to not change mifepristone’s legal status. That ruling is binding only in the 17 states that filed the lawsuit, while Kacsmaryk’s ruling is nationwide.
“For now, we've got a great victory in the fact that there are now three required doctor visits to make sure women are safe and that the FDA complies with the rule of law,” said counsel Erin Morrow Hawley.Kacsmaryk’s ruling, which relied heavily on anti-abortion language and studies, has confounded legal, medical and FDA experts.
Dr. Jane Henney, the FDA commissioner when mifepristone was approved, told reporters Monday that this ruling could set a “very dangerous precedent” for the FDA’s ability to approve drugs without fear of judicial interference.More than 400 leaders of drug and biotech companies signed on to a letter this week condemning the ruling on similar grounds.
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