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On April 7, US District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued an order suspending the FDA’s approval of mifepristone based on a lawsuit filed against the FDA by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine — an organization comprising four anti-abortion medical associations, and four anti-abortion doctors. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit then partially blocked [...]

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A group of 147 Congressional Republicans Wednesday filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court opposing the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request for emergency relief in the case concerning the Food And Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. The Supreme Court has temporarily extended the availability of the medication, and their [...]

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The Biden administration Friday filed an emergency application with the US Supreme Court to restore the broad availability of the abortion medication mifepristone while legal challenges regarding access to the drug are resolved. The administration asked the court to stay the entirety of Texas federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling from earlier this month that suspended [...]

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday announced that it is seeking emergency relief from the Supreme Court to defend “the FDA’s scientific judgment” and to “protect Americans’ access to safe and effective reproductive care.” Attorney General Merrick B. Garland made this announcement following the Fifth Circuit’s decision to limit access to the abortion medication [...]

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The Biden administration Wednesday announced a new proposed rule that would increase privacy protections surrounding reproductive health records. If passed, this rule would prevent the disclosure of health information in order to investigate, sue, or prosecute individuals seeking abortions out of state. It would also serve to protect healthcare providers who perform abortions or other reproductive [...]

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The US District Court for the Northern District of Texas Friday suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. Later on Friday, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Washington issued a competing opinion ruling that mifepristone is safe and effective. The FDA approved medication abortions via mifepristone [...]

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