'The stakes could not be higher for women across America. I will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women's health,' says US President Joe Biden.
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – The US Supreme Court on Friday, April 21, blocked new restrictions set by lower courts on a widely used abortion pill, a decision welcomed by President Joe Biden as his administration defends broad access to the drug in the latest fierce legal battle over reproductive rights in the United States.
“The stakes could not be higher for women across America. I will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women’s health,” Biden added. The current case now returns to the New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which is set to hear arguments on May 17. The losing side after the 5th Circuit rules could appeal the case back to the Supreme Court.
Erik Baptist, an attorney for the conservative religious rights group Alliance Defending Freedom representing the pill’s challengers, said, “Our case seeking to put women’s health above politics continues on an expedited basis in the lower courts.”“I continue to stand by FDA’s evidence-based approval of mifepristone, and my administration will continue to defend FDA’s independent, expert authority to review, approve and regulate a wide range of prescription drugs,” Biden said.
The Supreme Court acted just hours before its self-imposed deadline of 11:59 pm on Friday, April 21, before Kacsmaryk’s mifepristone restrictions would have taken effect. Alito, who handles emergency matters arising from a group of states including Texas, last week issued a temporary pause of Kacsmaryk’s injunction until Wednesday and then extended it two more days.
The restrictions, if they had taken effect, would have rolled back FDA actions in recent years to make it easier to access mifepristone. Those actions include in 2021 allowing distribution by mail, and in 2016 approving its use up to 10 weeks of pregnancy instead of seven weeks, reducing the dosage required and cutting the number of in-person doctor visits from three to one.
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