The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge targeting the availability of a widely used abortion pill, preserving access to the drug.
Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge targeting the availability of the widely used abortion pill mifepristone, preserving access to the drug in its first major abortion-related ruling since the reversal of Roe v. Wade.The unanimous ruling from the justices was on procedural grounds. They determined that a group of anti-abortion rights doctors and medical associations who brought the lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration did not have the legal right to do so.
But the ruling from the justices now dissolves that stay.Pharmaceutical companies and former FDA officials warned that a ruling against the drug agency would affect other drugs beyond abortion medication. Drug companies said an adverse ruling would undermine the FDA's approval process for new medications and open the door to a slew of lawsuits challenging decisions made about drugs that have been on the market for years.
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