Supreme Court maintains FDA approval of abortion pill, preserving access for now
The decision from the Supreme Court blocks lower court orders that would have restricted the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide.
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Analysis of the Supreme Court abortion pill ruling
The Supreme Court has maintained the FDA's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, but access to the pill is still only temporary while legal proceedings continue. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford has more on what comes next in the case.
Supreme Court preserves abortion pill access
The Supreme Court has maintained the FDA's approval of mifepristone, preserving access to the abortion pill for now. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson has more.
Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill
The U.S. Supreme Court has until midnight Friday to rule on access to a widely used abortion pill. At issue is whether a lower court's restrictions on mifepristone can take effect or should be on hold during appeals. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford joins us with more on the case.
SCOTUS delays abortion pill ruling
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito extended a temporary pause of a lower court order that limited use of the widely used abortion pill mifepristone to Friday. Access to the pill still stands while the court makes its final decision. Jan Crawford reports from the Supreme Court.
Supreme Court delays abortion pill ruling
The Supreme Court has extended its deadline until Friday to decide if the abortion pill mifepristone should remain available nationwide. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford joins "CBS News Mornings" to discuss.
Mifepristone's fate still up in the air
The Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily extended access to the abortion pill mifepristone, but did not give an explanation why. The justices now have until Friday to decide whether to allow restrictions of the drug to take effect -- while a legal challenge to the medication's FDA approval continues on. Chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford has the latest.
White House's fight over abortion pill
The Biden Administration has maintained it will continue to advocate for abortion access across the country. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said prior to the Supreme Court's decision Wednesday that the White House is preparing for a long legal fight if necessary. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes joined with more.
Supreme Court extends use of abortion pill
The Supreme Court has temporarily extended access to the abortion pill mifepristone until at least midnight on Friday. The move gives the court more time to consider the case. CBS News' chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford has more.
Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill access
The U.S. Supreme Court has until Wednesday night at midnight to decide if the abortion pill mifepristone can remain on the market following a Texas judge's ruling. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford is at the Supreme Court with more on the case and what's expected to happen next.
Supreme Court preserves abortion pill access
A few days after a federal judge in Texas moved to suspend the abortion drug mifepristone, the Supreme Court intervened to temporarily preserve FDA approval and consumer access to it. Nancy Cordes reports.
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Top court asked to pause mifepristone ruling
The Department of Justice is asking the Supreme Court to keep access to an abortion pill, free of restrictions imposed by a lower court ruling. DOJ and the drug manufacturer filed separate emergency requests Friday. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson discusses the requests.
Supreme Court puts abortion pill ruling on hold for now
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.
The battle over abortion
After courts issued competing decisions on access to the abortion medication Mifepristone, the Supreme Court is likely to make the decision just 10 months after it overturned Roe v. Wade. Nancy Cordes reports from the steps of the Supreme Court.
Justice Dept, drug maker ask Supreme Court to intervene in abortion pill ruling
Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement the Justice Department "strongly disagrees" with the decision from an appeals court.
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Legal expert examines appeals court ruling on abortion pill
A federal appeals court on Wednesday overrode a Texas judge's decision to halt the Food and Drug Administration's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, but still enacted new restrictions on the drug. Meanwhile, the Justice Department said it plans to ask the Supreme Court to appeal the Texas judge's decision. CBS News legal contributor Jessica Levinson examined the latest ruling.
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace on abortion pill rulings
The Justice Department says it will ask the Supreme Court to pause an appeals court decision that kept access to mifepristone, a commonly used abortion pill, but imposed some restrictions that will make it harder to get. Republican Rep. Nancy Mace speaks to "Red & Blue" about the abortion pill debate.
Appeals court preserves access to abortion pill for now but tightens rules
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.
Court preserves access to abortion pill
A federal appeals court has preserved access to the abortion pill mifepristone, with new restrictions. CBS News reporter Sarah Ewall-Wice explains what the ruling means and the other court decision driving it.
Justice Department seeks clarification from federal court on competing abortion pill rulings
The rulings from federal judges in Texas and Washington were issues less than 20 minutes apart, the Justice Department said.
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