No, The Appeals Court Didn’t Save Us From Insane Decision Blocking Abortion Pill
The Fifth Circuit panel broke from Kacsmaryk on rejecting the 2000 FDA approval, saying that the six-year statute of limitations to challenge that agency action has passed (though without much conviction, saying that the anti-abortion plaintiffs may win on that topic at another stage of litigation). But it agreed with Kacsmaryk on nearly everything else.
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Trump-Nominated Judge Who Issued Radical Abortion Pill Ruling Cited An Absurd ‘Study’
The conservative federal judge in Texas cited a study of responses to subway ads in an order that could ban the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.
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What last night’s abortion pill twist means for access — even in blue states
Unless the Supreme Court intervenes, the 5th Circuit’s decision means that starting Saturday, mifepristone will remain legal at the federal level but access will be much more restricted.
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Washington Judge Tells FDA To Keep Mifepristone Available As Usual In States Involved
He added that “irrespective of the Northern District of Texas Court ruling or the Fifth Circuit’s anticipated ruling,” defendants are prohibited from “altering the status quo and rights as it relates to the availability of Mifepristone under the current operative January 2023 Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy under 21 U.S.C. § 355-1 in Plaintiff States and the District of Columbia.”
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