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The U.S. Supreme Court has made a positive change in reproductive rights in the United States by blocking new restrictions on a widely used abortion pill. President Joe Biden welcomed the decision, emphasizing his administration's commitment to protecting access to the drug.

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Used boxes of Mifepristone, the first pill in a medical abortion, line a trash can at Alamo Women's Clinic in Carbondale, Illinois, U.S., April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein



Biden said, “The stakes could not be higher for women across America. I will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women’s health.” The justices have granted the Justice Department and the pill's manufacturer Danco Laboratories an emergency request to put on hold a preliminary injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas, which would have limited the availability of mifepristone while litigation proceeds.



The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mifepristone in 2000 and it is used to perform medication abortion, which accounts for more than half of all U.S. abortions. The FDA also approves the drug for other uses, such as management of miscarriages. Erik Baptist, an attorney for the conservative religious rights group Alliance Defending Freedom, said that their case is continuing in the lower courts.



Biden said, “I continue to stand by FDA’s evidence-based approval of mifepristone, and my administration will continue to defend FDA’s independent, expert authority to review, approve and regulate a wide range of prescription drugs.” Jessica Ellsworth, an attorney for Danco, said that the Supreme Court's decision “preserves crucial access to a drug relied on by millions of patients” after lower courts had caused “widespread chaos.”

The U.S. Supreme Court made a welcome ruling on Friday, blocking new restrictions that would have greatly limited the availability of the widely used abortion pill, mifepristone. President Joe Biden lauded the decision, which defends broad access to the drug and is the latest battle in the fight for reproductive rights in the United States.

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