The US Supreme Court maintains access to abortion pills – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

The dispute concerns the drug mifepristone, which is used in more than half of the abortions in the United States. It has been approved for use by the Federal Medicines Agency FDA for 23 years. Opponents of abortion who want to revoke the approval of the abortion pill mifepristone were on April 7 won by a judge in Texas. The United States Department of Justice appealed the decision, and an appeals court decided to uphold the approval, but with certain limitations. Since then, the case has rolled through the courts. Biden welcomes the decision On Friday, the US Supreme Court ruled on the case. The restrictions that the Court of Appeal had introduced on the abortion pill are put on hold, and mifepristone must be widely available as long as the case continues in the judicial system, the Supreme Court concluded on the night of Saturday Norwegian time. Two conservative justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, dissented. US President Joe Biden stated shortly after that he welcomes the court’s decision. The president said he supports the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill. – Enormous consequences The Supreme Court gave itself until 6 o’clock Saturday morning Norwegian time to come up with a decision. In advance, Democrats feared that the outcome could have been different. “If the Supreme Court makes a decision that limits access to mifepristone, it will have enormous consequences for women across the country,” said Democrat Pramila Jayapal in the House of Representatives earlier Friday. The conservative majority in the Supreme Court last year overturned the Roe v. Wade ruling that had given women the right to self-determined abortion for 50 years in the United States. Used by millions Mifepristone has been repeatedly rated as safe and effective. The drug has been used by over 5 million women in the US since the FDA approved it in 2000. Mifepristone is also used in Norway, where nine out of ten abortions are carried out using drugs. The Supreme Court’s decision on Friday makes it almost certain that access to the abortion pill will continue at least until next year, as the proceedings in the appeal courts may drag on, with a possible scenario where a possible appeal may later end up in the Supreme Court.



ttn-69