Battle over abortion pill case continues in conservative federal appeals court

"The legal challenge targeting mifepristone and the FDA's 23-year-old approval of the drug opened a new front in the ongoing fight over abortion, and a decision against the agency would reach beyond the states that restrict abortion, as suspending its approval could mean the drug would be pulled off shelves nationwide."

"Serious adverse events associated with mifepristone are also "exceedingly rare," the Justice Department noted, with the rate of hospitalization related to medication abortion under 1%."

""The FDA's unlawful approval and deregulation of chemical abortion drugs subverts Congress' public policy considerations and safeguards for patient safety," they argued in a friend-of-the-court brief."

"The dispute will be heard by a panel of three judges, Jennifer Walker Elrod, James Ho and Cory Wilson, and is one of the most significant involving abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision last June that reversed the constitutional right to abortion."

""Instead of respecting federalism, the Biden administration and FDA have worked to dismantle it," they wrote, in reference to the administration's efforts to protect access to reproductive health services."

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"Elrod was appointed by former President George W. Bush, while Ho and Wilson were tapped by former President Donald Trump.nn"

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"Before the 5th Circuit on Wednesday is the Justice Department's appeal of the April 8 order from U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee, that suspended the FDA's approval of mifepristone."

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