Conflicting rulings by two federal judges have left the future of abortion pills in the United States deeply uncertain, likely placing the divisive issue squarely in the lap of the Supreme Court.
A ruling Friday by federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas banned the widely used drug mifepristone nationwide, boosting conservatives' efforts to further restrict abortion rights after the Supreme Court last year allowed states to prohibit them.
His ruling brought an immediate vow from the Biden administration and the drug's maker to appeal the matter in federal court. But adding to the uncertainty and increasing the odds the matter ends up before the Supreme Court was a contradictory ruling from a Washington state judge that came just hours after Kacsmaryk's.AFP | Moisés ÁVILA
Several abortion clinics also said Friday that they would continue using mifepristone until ordered not to by the FDA, US media reported. The high court could decide to take up the case on an emergency basis, which would require making room in an already crowded agenda at the end of the current term. The court's ruling last June to overturn the longstanding Roe v. Wade decision protecting abortion rights shifted considerable attention to medication abortions.
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