Abortion rights protesters rally outside US Supreme Court Photo: Getty
The US Supreme Court retained access to abortion drug key for million women, in the nation's latest bitter legal battle for reproductive rights.
The order temporarily blocked a lower courts ban on mifepristone, the pill used in more than half of all abortions. in the USA.
President Joe Biden hailed the decision Friday night and vowed to continue fighting decisions that «undermine.» FDA and «endanger women's health.»
"As a result of the Supreme Court ruling, mifepristone remains available and approved for safe use. and effective use as we continue this fight in the courts.” Mr Biden said.
"The rates couldn't be higher for women across America. I will continue to fight politically motivated attacks on women's health".
This was the first major abortion decision by America's highest court since a conservative majority of 7 to 3 last June. ruled in Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 case that secured nationwide access to abortion.
Medical abortions have risen in importance amid aggressive scaling back of access to abortions in Republican-led states.
About 12 states have outright bans on abortion since Roe v. Wade was dropped, while many others have imposed severe restrictions.< /p>
The latest case was in Florida, where last week Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill to ban most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
Abortion drugs can be mailed or taken home, bypassing some restrictions. superimposed in the red states.
Biden's administration has filed a petition with the Supreme Court, along with pill maker Danco Laboratories, to uphold a Texas district judge's injunction that would severely limit the availability of mifepristone.
Mifepristone and misoprostol tablets, two medicines used together, also called abortion pills. Photo: Getty
The Supreme Court has granted their emergency requests as anti-abortion groups continue to challenge the federal regulator's approval of mifepristone.
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This decision was upheld by the court by a 7-2 vote. Judges Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, two of the most conservative of its members, disagreed.
Judge Alito wrote in a brief opinion that the administration and Danco «have no right to suspension because they have not shown that irreparable harm can be caused to them during this time.»
The case is now returning to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, which is due to hear arguments on May 17. This decision is still open to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US agency responsible for the safety of food, drugs and medical devices, approved mifepristone in 2000.< /p>
Anti-abortion groups challenging its approval allege that the FDA illegally approved mifepristone and then removed critical safety measures for what they call a dangerous drug.
The FDA has called mifepristone safe and effective, which has been demonstrated by millions people for decades of its use. Americans, adding that side effects are extremely rare.
Mifepristone is taken with another drug called misoprostol for medical abortion, which accounts for more than half of all abortions in the United States.
The drug also has other uses, such as treating miscarriages. This case could undermine the federal drug safety regulator.
Eric Baptiste, a lawyer for the conservative faith-based advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom, who represents birth control pill opponents, said: «Our case is being considered to put women's health before politics
continues fast track in lower courts."
"We're not out of the woods yet," said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights.
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