The future of access to abortion pills is uncertain after two federal judges issued a pair of conflicting rulings on Friday evening. A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling ordering the Food and Drug Administration to suspend its approval of the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide. A federal appeals court is expected to weigh in soon.
The Biden administration is fighting a federal judge’s ruling in Texas to suspend the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, one of the most commonly used drugs to end a pregnancy. This comes as another federal judge in a separate Washington State case ordered the FDA to refrain from making any changes to the medication’s availability. The contradictory decisions ignited what could be a lengthy and consequential legal battle.
The Biden administration is asking a federal judge in Washington state to explain how the government can comply with his order preserving access to the abortion pill in the face of a conflicting ruling by a federal judge in Texas.
WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court overturned the landmark abortion rights ruling Roe v. Wade last summer, the justices were silent about the legality of all the various methods to end a pregnancy.
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