Over the last several weeks, various courts in the U.S. judicial system — including the Supreme Court — have issued rulings on the legality of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone. Even for legal scholars, the decisions
The U.S. Supreme Court said April 21 it would block a lower court's restrictions on an abortion pill, leaving the drug on the market while litigation over the drug proceeds.
The Supreme Court froze a lower court's ruling to stay the U.S. Food
The U.S. Supreme Court said it would extend the administrative stay in the abortion pill dispute until April 21, temporarily keeping in place status quo federal regulations regarding the use of an abortion drug, and giving the court additional time to consider
A federal appeals court April 12 froze portions of a federal judge's ruling suspending the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of a medication abortion pill, ruling that the drug can remain on the market but under more strict regulations while a
A federal judge in Texas ruled April 7 to suspend the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of a medication abortion pill, additionally granting a seven-day pause for his ruling before it would go into effect to allow the federal government to
A still-pending ruling by a federal judge in Texas could pull an abortion drug from the market across the United States.
A lawsuit by a coalition of pro-life opponents of the drug mifepristone, the first of two drugs used in a medication or
When a woman takes an abortion pill, she is, more often than not, unaware of exactly what will happen — and what she will see, according to medical experts. Three obstetrician-gynecologists spoke with Our Sunday Visitor about the reality of abortion pills
Pro-life groups, as well as several members of Congress and state attorneys general, filed 15 friend-of-the-court briefs Feb. 10 with a federal court involving the U.S. government's approval of drugs for early abortion.
Four medical associations and four doctors filed suit in Alliance
“Abortion Pills Can Now Be Offered at Retail Pharmacies, F.D.A. Says,” read the New York Times headline. Just like that. This is life after Roe v. Wade, writes Kathryn Jean Lopez in her latest column: “Now with the end of Roe, the
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency announced Jan. 3, prompting criticism from Catholic and pro-life groups.
The Biden administration's rule change comes in the wake