Federal appeals court partially blocks Texas abortion pill ruling

by a three-judge panel on the conservative-leaning court means that, for now, mifepristone is still available in the U.S., but with several strict limitations.to have the lower court's ruling fully overturned.

Mifepristone is part of a two-drug regimen used in medication abortion, which now accounts for 53% of abortions in the U.S., according to theThe New Orleans-based 5th U.S.

to argue that medication abortion has a "negative impact" and that the agency's safety data on the pill is "potentially misleading.", calling Kacsmaryk's order "extraordinary and unprecedented." The Texas judge, the DOJ argued, "upended decades of reliance by blocking the FDA's approval of mifepristone ... based on the court's own misguided assessment of the drug's safety."

ItWasACoup This 5th Circuit ruling definitely going to be appealed to the SCOTUS. It accepted the bullshit standing argument, and was willing to join Kacsmaryk in second-guess the FDA.

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