UPDATED: Federal appeals court limits use of abortion pill, but doesn't ban its FDA approval
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The move limited a lower court ruling that had said the Food and Drug Administration could not distribute the pill, which is used as the most common method of abortion in the United States. The appeals court panel said the challenge to the FDA approval in 2000 was untimely, but recognized other challenges to the drug.
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