A coalition of anti-abortion groups told a federal appeals court early Wednesday it should suspend a common abortion pill called mifepristone, the latest development in a case that has captured nationwide attention in recent days.
The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which is challenging the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone in 2000, asked the Louisiana-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to uphold the lower court's pause on the drug's approval The group said the lower court's order"paints an alarming picture of decades-long agency lawlessness.
In its appeal, the Biden administration sought to extend that pause. The latest filing was the group's response to that request.
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