President Joe Biden’s administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on the high-profile case involving a widely used abortion bill, officials said on April 13.
“We will be seeking emergency relief from the Supreme Court to defend the FDA’s scientific judgment and protect Americans’ access to safe and effective reproductive care,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone, the abortion pill, was challenged in a lawsuit by groups including the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine.
A district judge recently ordered the FDA to revoke the approval but a panel of judges U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday partially overturned that decision….