Biden administration asks US Supreme Court to stop abortion pill limits

  • 📰 Reuters
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 46 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 22%
  • Publisher: 97%

Law Law Headlines News

Law Law Latest News,Law Law Headlines

The abortion pill mifepristone may not be available for months if limits on it set by lower courts are allowed to take effect, President Joe Biden's administration and the drug's manufacturer told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday in a bid to defend access to the drug.

The Justice Department filed an emergency request asking the justices to put on hold a ruling by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas to significantly restrict the pill's distribution while litigation in a challenge by anti-abortion groups to mifepristone's regulatory approval proceeds.

Danco Laboratories, the manufacturer of mifepristone, also asked the Supreme Court for similar relief on Friday. The company said it may be forced to halt operations in the face of regulatory uncertainty. In a case that could also undercut the FDA's authority to decide on the safety of drugs, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday declined the administration's request to block the restrictions ordered by Kacsmaryk on April 7. The 5th Circuit halted another part of Kacsmaryk's order that would have suspended the FDA's approval of the drug, effectively pulling it off the market.

Since last year's Supreme Court decision, 12 U.S. states have put in place outright bans while many others prohibit abortion after a certain length of pregnancy. The latest Republican-led move came in Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Yes - great idea. This way the ones that failed the sex ed class, get a break!!!

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 2. in LAW

Law Law Latest News, Law Law Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Biden administration to ask Supreme Court to stop abortion pill curbsU.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Thursday the Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to intervene to stop restrictions set by a federal judge on the abortion pill mifepristone as President Joe Biden's administration moves to defend access to the drug. Mighty white of them. It's a woman's body. F**K your conditions!!! Now do Ivermectin. Good and timely correction...
Source: Reuters - 🏆 2. / 97 Read more »

Biden administration will ask Supreme Court to preserve full access to abortion pillsAtty. Gen. Merrick Garland said the Biden administration will ask the Supreme Court to preserve full and easy access to the abortion medication that has become the most-used method of ending early pregnancies. Dangerous move. What if they say no?
Source: latimes - 🏆 11. / 82 Read more »

The Biden Administration Will Ask the Supreme Court to Throw Out Bulls--t Abortion Pill RulingAs a reminder, the abortion drug in question, mifepristone, is safer than penicillin and Viagra, neither of which are expected to be banned any time soon. Read the latest from besslevin: besslevin So American, when Viagra tops a safe abortion pill, and single mothers have to grovel, and typically pay for paternity tests, and then try and get any money for the man’s child. besslevin The “common” folk with bulk printed signs. Don’t believe it.
Source: VanityFair - 🏆 391. / 55 Read more »

Student Loan Forgiveness Update: Biden Administration Hits Back In Supreme Court Challenge Over $6 Billion SettlementThe Biden administation and a class of student loan borrowers filed legal briefs with the Supreme Court this week, urging the justices to reject a challenge to a landmark settlement that would provide $6 billion in student loan forgiveness and other debt relief. This is not his loan forgiveness plan, don’t even try to fake like it is. This is lawsuits for a college that scammed people! This is false. This is separate from Biden’s $400B failed student loan forgiveness program. This is regarding fraudulent student loans from for-profit schools.
Source: Forbes - 🏆 394. / 53 Read more »

Biden Administration Joins Supreme Court Appeal To Preserve Abortion Pill AccessA drug manufacturer is asking the Supreme Court to preserve access to its abortion pill free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a legal fight continues.
Source: HuffPostWomen - 🏆 27. / 68 Read more »

Biden administration asks Supreme Court to restore access to abortion pillThe Biden admin has asked the Supreme Court to take emergency action to stop lower courts from sharply restricting access to mifepristone, a drug commonly used for abortions. Off label use means either the FDA's process is meaningless, or the off label use is wrong. Which would you prefer? The party that sucks down Ivermectin shakes should be fine with that. I don't understand why a government built by slave owning rapists and murderers, drafted over 200y ago doesn't work?
Source: politico - 🏆 381. / 59 Read more »