An appeals court backs some abortion drug limits, pending the Supreme Court's approval

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : By Kevin McGill, Associated Press Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023 | 4:17 p.m. NEW ORLEANS -- Mail-order access to a drug used in the most common form of abortion in the U.S. would end under a federal appeals court ruling issued Wednesday that cannot take effect until the Supreme Court weighs in.
44% : New restrictions on access to the drug used in the most common form of abortion would be imposed under a federal appeals court ruling issued Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, but the Supreme Court will have the final say.
39% : "It endangers our entire system of drug approval and regulation by undermining the independent, expert judgment of the FDA," Harris' statement said.
38% : Abortion rights advocates said the ruling poses a major threat to abortion availability following last year's Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion.
36% : The conservative Christian legal group was also involved in the Mississippi case that led to the June 2002 Supreme Court ruling that has allowed states to ban abortion.
34% : "That means that patients will have to travel often hundreds of miles, especially if they're coming from a state that has banned abortion, for the sole purpose of picking up a pill."

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