Abortion Drug Mifepristone Stays Legal For Now, Supreme Court Rules
glamour.com, will stay legal for now, the Supreme Court ruled Friday, as an appeal moves forward on the case that could have wide-reaching implications for reproductive rights and the power of the Food and Drug Administration.
The court halted a decision by a conservative Donald Trump–appointed judge in Texas banning the drug as the appeal works its way through the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
This is a temporary victory for the Biden administration in its fight to protect abortion access in a post-Roe America. Mifepristone, alongside misoprostol, is in more than half of all abortions performed in the US.
The decision is the latest twist in what has been a closely watched legal clash between the Biden Justice Department and a conservative legal group, the Alliance Defending Freedom, which sued the FDA over its 2000 approval of mifepristone.
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