Abortion drug battle will head to Supreme Court after appeals court decision
A federal appeals court is allowing continued access to a common abortion medication, mifepristone, but with some additional restrictions.
The Justice Department said Thursday that it will take the battle over abortion pill access to the U.S. Supreme Court after an appeals court allowed it to stay on the market with restrictions.
Under a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans late Wednesday, the drug, mifepristone, will remain available, but the judges said it could no longer be sent to patients through the mail and that it could only be used up to seven weeks into a pregnancy, not 10.
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