The Supreme Court is expected to issue an order on Wednesday in a case from Texas in which abortion opponents are seeking to roll back FDA approval of the drug, mifepristone.
is deciding whether women will face restrictions in getting a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, while a lawsuit continues.in which abortion opponents are seeking to roll back Food and Drug Administration approval of the drug, mifepristone.
Demonstrators rally in support of abortion rights at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 2023. Even as the abortion landscape changed dramatically in several states, abortion opponents set their sights on medication abortions, which make up more than half of all abortions in the United States.The abortion opponents filed suit in November in Amarillo, Texas. The legal challenge quickly reached the Supreme Court after a federal judge issued a ruling on April 7 that would revoke FDA approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions.
The court also said the drug should only be approved through seven weeks of pregnancy for now, even though the FDA since 2016 has endorsed its use through 10 weeks of pregnancy.
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