U.S. SUPREME COURT BLOCKS LOWER COURT RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION PILL MIFEPRISTONE WHILE LITIGATION PROCEEDS

The Supreme Court will allow the most commonly used abortion pill in the U.S. to remain widely available.

The high court on Friday blocked in full a decision by Texas-based U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk on April 7 that invalidated the Food and Drug Administration’s longtime approval of mifepristone, handing a sweeping victory to abortion opponents.

The Justice Department and Danco Laboratories, which makes the name brand version of mifepristone, Mifeprex, had asked the justices to step in after a federal appeals court kept in place a number of provisions in Kacsmaryk’s order that would have imperiled widespread access to the drug, including restrictions on distributing the pill to patients by mail.

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The court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, issued a temporary stay of Kacsmaryk’s ruling last Friday, which was extended for two days Wednesday while the justices considered what steps to take.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-abortion-pill-stay-market-now-rcna80575

7-2 decision. Only Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented.

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