In its ruling, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sided in part with a decision by a federal judge in Texas that invalidated the FDA’s approval of mifepristone.
A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld parts of a decision limiting access to a widely used abortion pill, but the ruling will have no immediate or practical impact on the availability of the drug, mifepristone.
In their ruling, a three-judge panel on the conservative-leaning U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that the Food and Drug Administration failed to take into account safety concerns when they loosened access to mifepristone in 2016.Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune via Getty Images file While the ruling is a victory for abortion opponents, the Justice Department is expected to appeal the ruling and the Supreme Court earlier this year
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