Supreme Court pauses new limits on abortion pill, pending further review next week
Access to the abortion pill mifepristone will remain unchanged until next Wednesday, after a U.S. Supreme Court justice on Friday issued a stay on last week’s ruling from a conservative Texas judge banning the medicine.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued an administrative stay preserving access to the Food and Drug Administration-approved drug, mifepristone, until midnight on Wednesday. It is likely the country’s highest court will rule more substantively on access to the medication before then, a decision that will have major ramifications for the FDA’s authority and access to the commonly-used drug approved more than two decades ago.
