Yeah, and four conservative justices voted with the liberals!
— Barbara K. Janik (@BarbaraKJanik) April 22, 2023
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.
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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