Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings

[Zincwarrior]

Texas judge just overturned the FDA on medical abortion, opening up an entire new branch of judge made law.

Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings

Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ordered a...

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Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings​

By PAUL J. WEBER, MATTHEW PERRONE and LINDSAY WHITEHURSTtoday

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.
For now, the drug the Food and Drug Administration approved in 2000 appeared to remain at least immediately available in the wake of two separate rulings that were issued in quick succession by federal judges in Texas and Washington.

 

[1srelluc]

LOL....The pills should be airdropped on Austin and Harris county/Houston.

 

[JGalt]

Judges don't make laws, they rule on whether existing laws are constitutional or not.