SCOTUS enacted an 'administrative stay,' which keeps things as they are while the justices determine whether all or some of the limitations should be upheld throughout the duration of the lawsuit.
that will affect access to the widely-used abortion drug, mifepristone. If access to the pill is blocked, doctors will have a harder time providing safe access to abortion in a post-Roe v. Wade world.Back in November, Alliance Defense Freedom filed a lawsuit on behalf of anti-abortion doctors against the FDA in Texas. The lawsuit claimed the FDA illegally approved the abortion drug mifepristone back in 2000.
Those limitations would prevent the drug from being mailed and block the generic form from being prescribed while the case is heard. That's when the Biden Administration and drug manufacturers asked SCOTUS to weigh in on the limitations saying they would make it more difficult for doctors to provide proper care without causing chaos and confusion.
Providers will typically prescribe a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol to end a pregnancy up to week 10 or 70 days.SCOTUS could rule to keep access available as the case in Texas is heard which would allow providers to continue to prescribe the drug in states where abortion up to week 10 is still legal.
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