Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill, rejecting challenge
The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge targeting the availability of a widely used abortion pill, preserving access to the drug.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge targeting the availability of a widely used abortion pill, preserving access to the drug.
Thursday, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone. The justices determined the anti-abortion groups that brought the lawsuit did not have the legal right to do so. CBS New York's Alice Gainer has more.
In January, the FDA changed regulations to allow retail pharmacies to sell the drug mifepristone.
Danco Laboratories and the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to review the appellate court's decision on patient access to the abortion pill.
The law specifically aims to protect New York doctors who use telehealth systems to prescribe abortion pills for patients in states where abortion is banned.
A Supreme Court ruling is protecting women's access to the widely used abortion pill mifepristone, but the battle is far from over. Cristian Benavides reports for CBS2.
The decision from the Supreme Court blocks lower court orders that would have restricted the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.
The Supreme Court has maintained the FDA's approval of mifepristone, preserving access to the abortion pill for now.
The fate of a very commonly used abortion pill is in the hands of the Supreme Court. Justices have until the end of the day Friday to decide whether the drug mifepristone should remain widely available. CBS2's Dick Brennan reports.
The United States Supreme Court is delaying its decision on the abortion pill mifepristone. That temporarily extends women's access to the drug for two more days as justices weight their next move. CBS2's Christina Fan has more on what this all means.
We hear from a Syracuse University College of Law professor who specializes in constitutional and international law for more on what this could mean for the drug in our area.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the abortion pill mifepristone can remain available for now. CBS2's Dick Brennan reports.
Limits on how late into a pregnancy the drug can be taken, who can prescribe it and how it can be dispensed were set to take effect Saturday at 1 a.m.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement the Justice Department "strongly disagrees" with the decision from an appeals court.
The court maintained access to mifepristone for the time being but is only letting it be dispensed after a doctor's office visit, not by mail, and up to seven weeks into a pregnancy, not 10.
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