The Supreme Court on Friday made its first stance in the legal battle over banning the abortion drug mifepristone.
The Supreme Court has taken its first action in a fierce legal battle over banning an abortion pill that has been available for more than two decades.
U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, nominated to the court by former President Donald Trump, ruled in favor of an anti-abortion group’s lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this month.
The ruling, which rescinded the FDA’s year 2000 approval of the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone, was shifted to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and partially overturned this week.
The narrowed version of Kacsmaryk’s decision had been set to go into effect on Friday. However, conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a temporary stay on the same day, blocking the ruling entirely until Wednesday.
«Mifepristone has been safe and effective and proven that way for more than 20 years,» Carmona continued.
