Guardian Australia
Louisiana had sued the FDA last fall, arguing that prescribing mifepristone interfered with state’s ban on abortion Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US supreme court extended a short-term order to continue allowing nationwide access to mail-order mifepristone, an abortion medication, in a shadow-docket decision on Monday. The US court of appeals for the fifth circuit in Louisiana ordered a ban on shipping mifepristone through the mail on 1 May, but Justice Samuel Alito, who responds to emergency requests from the fifth circuit, granted a temporary stay on 4 May to last until at least Monday’s decision. The emergency appeal to the court came from two mifepristone manufacturers. Continue reading...
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