{"id":25098,"date":"2023-04-15T13:36:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T17:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=25098"},"modified":"2023-04-15T13:36:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T17:36:16","slug":"us-supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-ruling-that-limits-access-to-abortion-pill-mifepristone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/04\/15\/us-supreme-court-temporarily-blocks-ruling-that-limits-access-to-abortion-pill-mifepristone\/","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court temporarily blocks ruling that limits access to abortion pill mifepristone"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a court decision that would halt the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.<\/p>\n

A judge said current rules over access to the drug – used in the most common method of abortion in the country – should be preserved until Wednesday at the earliest.<\/p>\n

The postponement is to allow the Supreme Court to more fully consider the issues raised in a challenge.<\/p>\n

It comes after District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a devout Christian and a\u00a0Trump<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0administration appointee in Amarillo,\u00a0Texas<\/strong><\/a>, signed an injunction directing the Food and Drug Administration to halt the pill’s approval while a lawsuit challenging its safety continues.<\/p>\n

The US Justice Department has appealed the ruling, warning of “regulatory chaos” and potential harm to women.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration, alongside the pill’s maker, Danco, now wants a more lasting order that would keep the current rules in place as long as the legal fight over mifepristone continues.<\/p>\n

Conservative Christian group, Alliance Defending Freedom, brought the Texas lawsuit alleging the drug was not being regulated properly.<\/p>\n

The drug, which blocks the hormone needed to maintain a pregnancy, has been widely used in the US since its approval by the FDA in 2000.<\/p>\n

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\nUS court partially blocks judge’s ruling on abortion pill mifepristone<\/a><\/strong>
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It is used in more than 60 countries worldwide – and when taken together with the drug misoprostol, accounts for more than half of abortions in the US.<\/p>\n

But last week’s ruling in Texas has left its future use in the US up in the air.<\/p>\n

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A protest calling for abortion rights to be defended. (Image: AP)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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It was superseded by a further ruling from the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Unless the Supreme Court extends its intervention, it means those seeking to obtain\u00a0mifepristone<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0will be required to make an in-person visit to a doctor, preventing women from obtaining it via post.<\/p>\n

The drug will also only be available during the first seven weeks of pregnancy, down from the current 10-week period.<\/p>\n

President Biden<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has already said his administration\u00a0will fight the Texas ruling<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>which comes\u00a0<\/strong>after the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn\u00a0Roe v Wade<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0June last year.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0\"Sky<\/a> news.sky.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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