U.S. Supreme Court to rule on veto of abortion pills by Friday
- April 19, 2023
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Supreme Court of the United States postponed for two more days on national ban on mifepristone abortion pills by decision of a Texas federal judge. The High Court
Supreme Court of the United States postponed for two more days on national ban on mifepristone abortion pills by decision of a Texas federal judge.
The High Court has suspended the restriction until midnight today, but Judge Samuel Alito has ordered the blockade to remain in place until Friday, April 21 at 11:59 p.m. local time to buy time. to analyze the case.
At the center of the litigation is the health clearance that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued to mifepristone 23 years ago. used in more than half of the abortions in the country.
Texas Jyez orders abortion pill license to be withdrawn
Texas federal judge Matthew Kachsmaric, nominated by former President Donald Trump (2017-2021), ordered on April 8 to revoke the health permit to the abortion pill.
The order was appealed by the Joe Biden administration, and a Louisiana appeals court ruled that the drug would only be available up to the first seven weeks of pregnancythree less than before, and it must be picked up in person.
But the Justice Department took the case to the Supreme Court, arguing that the restriction would have serious implications for women and for the pharmaceutical industryon which the Supreme Court suspended the ruling.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit organization that supports abortion rights, 54% abortions in the United States in 2022 they were with abortion pills such as mifepristone or misoprostol.
The political and judicial battle over abortion resumed in the US last June, when the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, he abolished the constitutional right to it at the federal level, leaving the decision to each state.
after that dozens of Republican states have restricted this practice.
Planning Parenthood, which advocates for high-quality, affordable reproductive and health care in the country, estimates that 18 out of 50 states have since banned or severely restricted abortion, and in 13 out of 50 states access to the service is next to impossible. although there are exceptions. (EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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