WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday (Apr 19) temporarily preserved access to a widely-used abortion pill, delaying its decision on lower court rulings placing restrictions on the drug. Without commenting on the merits of the case, the nation's highest court extended an administrative stay freezin
WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily preserved access to a widely-used abortion pill, delaying its decision on lower court rulings placing restrictions on the drug.
That stay had been scheduled to expire at midnight Wednesday and the court, in an order signed by Justice Samuel Alito, opted to extend the hold on the rulings for two more days. The case stems from a ruling this month by a US District Court judge in Texas that would have banned mifepristone, which was approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration in 2000.
The court could decide to freeze the lower court rulings pending an appeal from the Justice Department and the mifepristone manufacturer Danco Laboratories. Opposition to the legal attack on the abortion pill is being spearheaded by the Justice Department, which argued that the initial federal judge's ruling was based on a"deeply misguided assessment" of the pill's safety.
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