Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended by 2 days a temporary block on limits set by lower courts on access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a challenge by anti-abortion groups to the drug's federal regulatory approval.
WASHINGTON -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday extended by two days a temporary block on limits set by lower courts on access to the abortion pill mifepristone in a challenge by anti-abortion groups to the drug's federal regulatory approval.
The White House is prepared for a long legal fight on the issue, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. "We will continue to stand with FDA's evidence-based approval of mifepristone," Jean-Pierre added."... And we will continue to support FDA's independent expert authority to review, approve and regulate a wide range of prescription drugs."
The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on April 12 declined to block the curbs ordered by Kacsmaryk. The 5th Circuit did halt a part of Kacsmaryk's order that would have suspended the FDA approval of the drug and effectively pull it off the market. Current drug labels for mifepristone would have to be adjusted to account for the restored limits on its use, a process that the Justice Department and Danco previously said could last months, complicating access to the pill.
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