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SCOUT asked to halt abortion pill access rules

The Supreme Court could rule as soon as today in the legal battle over abortion pills — and could effectively override the Food and Drug Administration’s decision-making if it doesn’t turn back a ruling limiting the use of the drug Mifepristone. The Associated Press has the story:

SCOUT asked to halt abortion pill access rules

Newslooks- WASHINGTON (AP)

A drug manufacturer asked the Supreme Court on Friday to preserve access to its abortion drug free from restrictions imposed by lower court rulings, while a legal fight continues.

Danco Laboratories filed its emergency request with the high court less than two days after an appeals court ruling in a case from Texas that had the effect of tightening the rules under which the drug, mifepristone, can be prescribed and dispensed.

rtionFILE – Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., March 16, 2022. A federal appeals court has ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now but reduced the period of pregnancy when the drug can be taken and said it could not be dispensed by mail. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed, File)

The new limits would take effect Saturday unless the court acts before then.

The fight over mifepristone lands at the Supreme Court less than a year after conservative justices reversed Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright.

An appeal from the Biden administration also is expected.

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