Appeals court upholds limits to abortion pill Sarah Owermohle By Sarah Owermohle Aug. 16, 2023

Appeals court upholds limits to abortion pill Sarah Owermohle By Sarah Owermohle Aug. 16, 2023 https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/16/appeals-court-abortion-mifepristone/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=270590419&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9KG_UqcpKCSTqw8ZXKhA6WLakw6Pg4UyhbEDD9910FwF6fINZM4gJVBYL348DSJHpr2vwNReWoXhch_VKD_F8N6uaulQ&utm_content=270590417&utm_source=hs_email Appeals court upholds limits to the abortion pill In yet another legal twist in the post-Roe era, a federal court yesterday restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone but did not remove it from the market entirely, partially upholding a lower court’s decision. The ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals would effectively block mail-order prescriptions of the pill, but owing to an emergency order issued by the U.S. Supreme Court in the spring, access will remain unchanged while the case goes through the appeals process. In the case in question, likely headed to the Supreme Court, a Texas judge ordered the pill off the market entirely, siding with plaintiffs who argued the FDA had acted hastily when reviewing the drug. Yesterday’s ruling reverses that order but keeps a limit on sending mifepristone through the mail, which first became commonplace during the pandemic and the FDA in December 2021 made the change permanent. STAT’s Sarah Owermohle has more. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145/gov.uscourts.ca5.213145.543.1_1.pdf?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=270590419&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-831Y6e78wTM5YuUrNVpJpGIJYlmXZpW36FfPv4-1JGkqb9vuUEH0H9rsu77glKJ3GVw1b_8PeBjQ8Q5p_9pKHPXaajKw&utm_content=270590417&utm_source=hs_email Supreme Court maintains access to abortion pill mifepristone, at least for now Sarah Owermohle By Sarah Owermohle April 21, 2023 https://www.statnews.com/2023/04/21/supreme-court-maintains-fda-abortion-mifepristone/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=270590419&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_OImXRw0jjdzlh56eXfU_1dWXrY32C0Teco8z1GBphf1UmdkbYzPcapx9z1p1omyIIO1TkohR3Xz2eKpxS6CZ_MznuOQ&utm_content=270590417&utm_source=hs_email