UPDATED: Abortion pill's status upended as federal judges issue conflicting rulings
The status of the abortion pill was thrown into doubt after a federal judge temporarily blocked the’s approval of mifepristone, only to have the order countered by another federal judge.
He was promptly contradicted by U.S. District Judge Thomas O. Rice, an Obama appointee in Spokane, Washington, who blocked theThose jurisdictions sought a preliminary injunction affirming the agency’s “original conclusion that mifepristone is safe and effective.” The conflicting orders heightened the drama surrounding the legal battle over mifepristone, one of two drugs used in the abortion-pill regimen, now the most popular method of pregnancy termination in the nation.approval does not go into effect for seven days, allowing the Biden administration an opportunity to seek review from appellate courts.
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