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US Judge Blocks Federal Approval of Abortion Pill Mifepristone – Filing
US Judge Blocks Federal Approval of Abortion Pill Mifepristone – Filing
A US judge blocked federal approval of an abortion pill known as mifepristone, which previously received approval for more than 20 years, a court filing revealed.
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As part of the lawsuit, the plaintiffs argued that the substance was approved under President Clinton in a fast-track procedure. However, this is only permissible for substances that counteract disease, but pregnancy is not a disease. Consequently, the authorization is illegal.The court order is set to take effect in seven days, according to the filing.The delay of the order to take effect is meant to give the federal government time to file an appeal, media reported.Yet the Department of Justice has already released a statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, which reads that DOJ “… strongly disagrees with the decision of the District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA and will be appealing the court’s decision and seeking a stay pending appeal.”However, a US judge in the state of Washington issued an order prohibiting the federal government from taking mifepristone off the market.The American Civil Liberties Union also said that its lawyers will try to review the decision to revoke the Mifepristone approval.
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mifepristone, us judge matthew kacsmaryk, alliance for hippocratic medicine v. fda, aclu on abortions, abortion in us
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A US judge blocked federal approval of an abortion pill known as mifepristone, which previously received approval for more than 20 years, a court filing revealed.
“The Court hereby STAYS the effective date of FDA’s [Food and Drug Administration’s] September 28, 2000, Approval of mifepristone and all subsequent challenged actions related to that approval – the 2016 changes, the 2019 General Approval, and the 2021 Actions,” judge Matthew Kacsmaryk wrote in the court document on Friday.
As part of the lawsuit, the plaintiffs argued that the substance was approved under President Clinton in a fast-track procedure. However, this is only permissible for substances that counteract disease, but pregnancy is not a disease. Consequently, the authorization is illegal.
The court order is set to take effect in seven days, according to the filing.
The delay of the order to take effect is meant to give the federal government time to file an appeal, media reported.
Yet the Department of Justice has already released a statement from Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, which reads that DOJ “… strongly disagrees with the decision of the District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA and will be appealing the court’s decision and seeking a stay pending appeal.“
However, a US judge in the state of Washington issued an order prohibiting the federal government from taking mifepristone off the market.
Moreover, DNC released a statement regarding Kacsmaryk’s decision, which says that “Democrats will do everything in our power to fight back to ensure access to safe and legal abortion is protected, and voters will hold every last Republican accountable for an extreme anti-choice agenda that takes away Americans’ freedoms and puts their health at risk.”
The American Civil Liberties Union also said that its lawyers will try to review the decision to revoke the Mifepristone approval.
