The Biden administration will ask the Supreme Court to preserve full and easy access to the abortion medication that has become the most-used method of ending early pregnancies.
Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland said Thursday that the Biden administration will ask the Supreme Court to preserve full and easy access to the abortion medication that has become the most-used method of ending early pregnancies.
Antiabortion advocates, including a group of doctors, went to federal court in Amarillo, Texas, seeking a ruling that would revoke the FDA’s approval and take the drug off the market. They pointed to the 2016 decision to extend the time limit for using the medication to 10 weeks of a pregnancy, up from the original seven. Two years ago, the FDA approved sending the drugs through the mail.“We will be seeking emergency relief from the Supreme Court to defend the FDA’s scientific judgment and protect Americans’ access to safe and effective reproductive care,” Garland said.
“We are furious that yet another court would choose to jeopardize the health and futures of the millions of people who rely on mifepristone for abortion care,” said Alexis McGill Johnson, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “This baseless case is a politically motivated attack to further restrict access to abortion that will place care out of reach for patients — and we will not stand for it.
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