Coverage dated April 6, 2023 to April 9, 2023

Justice Department Asks Appeals Court to Keep Abortion Pill Mifepristone on Market as Litigation Plays Out

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Danco Laboratories will likely ask the Supreme Court to intervene if the 5th Circuit does not at least temporarily block Kacsmaryk’s decision.

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  1. Update: Conflicting judicial rulings plunge medication abortion into uncertainty

    Headline from La Crosse Tribune ·

  2. Newest

    Justice Department Asks Appeals Court to Keep Abortion Pill Mifepristone on Market as Litigation Plays Out

    Headline from NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth ·

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  1. Los Angeles Times

    Texas judge orders hold on FDA approval of widely used abortion medication (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Abortion pill ruling: A federal judge in Texas ordered a hold on the FDA's approval of mifepristone, an abortion medication used in the U.S. since 2000.

  2. Tampa Bay Times

    US approval of abortion pill mifepristone on hold after judge’s ruling (opens Tampa Bay Times)

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    Tampa Bay Times's feed description

    The decision throws into jeopardy the most common method of abortion in the U.S.

  3. FOX 5 New York

    Judge halts FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    Judge halts FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone but delays order to give time to feds to appeal.

  4. NBC 6 South Florida

    Judge Halts FDA Approval of Abortion Pill (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    A federal judge in Texas on Friday ordered a hold on the U.S. approval of the abortion medication mifepristone, throwing into question access to the nation’s most common method of abortion in a ruling that waved aside decades of scientific approval.

  5. La Crosse Tribune

    Update: Conflicting judicial rulings plunge medication abortion into uncertainty (opens La Crosse Tribune)

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    La Crosse Tribune's feed description

    Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.

  6. Independent Tribune

    Conflicting judicial rulings plunge medication abortion into uncertainty (opens Independent Tribune)

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    Independent Tribune's feed description

    Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. plunged into uncertainty Friday following conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone that has been widely available for more than 20 years.

  7. ABC 7 San Francisco

    DOJ files appeal after judge reverses FDA approval of abortion drug (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    ABC 7 San Francisco's feed description

    A federal judge in Texas has issued a ruling in a challenge to the abortion drug mifepristone

  8. The Guardian

    US abortion pill ruling: what happened and what’s next? (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Texas judge’s ruling to halt mifepristone approval was contradicted by a second ruling, throwing the drug’s future into doubt

  9. Bloomberg

    What Is Mifepristone and Why Is It Being Banned in the US? (opens Bloomberg)

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    Bloomberg's feed description

    The most popular abortion method was pulled from the market

  10. Vox

    What is misoprostol? Crucial questions about the other abortion drug (opens Vox)

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    Vox's feed description

    A Texas judge’s ruling could take mifepristone off the market. What now?

  11. ABC 13 Houston

    Judge reverses FDA approval of abortion drug after 23 years (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled to suspend the abortion drug mifepristone, which was approved by regulators 23 years ago and has now become one of the most common methods of abortion in the country.

  12. Fox News

    Federal judges issue dueling decisions on abortion drug mifepristone (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A federal judge in Texas ordered that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration halt its approval of the abortion pill mifepristone on Friday.

  13. NBC Los Angeles

    Federal Judge Suspends FDA Abortion Pill Approval, Gives Biden Administration Time to Appeal (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    A federal judge in Texas on Friday stayed the FDA’s appwroval of the abortion pill mifepristone, but delayed the ruling taking effect for a week, giving time to appeal.

  14. Delaware Public Media

    Judges' dueling decisions put access to a key abortion drug in jeopardy nationwide (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Delaware Public Media's feed description

    A federal judge in Texas stayed the FDA's approval of the drug mifepristone, while a federal judge in Washington state blocked any FDA change in access.

  15. ABC 7 New York

    Judge suspends abortion drug after 23 years (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    A federal judge in Texas has issued a ruling in a challenge to the abortion drug mifepristone

  16. New York Times

    Two Federal Judges Issued Opposing Rulings on Abortion Pills. Here’s What’s Going On. (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    One invalidated the F.D.A.’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The other ordered the F.D.A. to do nothing to restrict the pill’s availability.

  17. NBC News

    A federal judge suspends FDA's longtime approval of an abortion pill, but gives the government 7 days to appeal (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The decision by a Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas could upend access nationwide to the standard two-pill regimen for medication abortions.

  18. Newsweek

    Texas judge's mifepristone ruling questioned by doctors (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    A judge has ordered a halt to federal approval of a drug used in medical abortions. Doctors have questioned the concerns, noting mifepristone's safety record.

  19. KTVZ Bend

    READ: Dueling rulings from federal judges in Texas and Washington on medication abortion pill (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By CNN A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling Friday on medication abortion drug mifepristone, saying he will suspend the US Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval of it but paused his ruling for seven days so the federal government can appeal.

  20. Anchorage Daily News

    Texas judge halts FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The abortion drug has been widely used in the U.S. since 2000 and there is essentially no precedent for a lone judge overruling the medical decisions of the Food and Drug Administration.

  21. KFF

    Legal Challenges to the FDA Approval of Medication Abortion Pills (opens KFF)

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    KFF's feed description

    This issue brief details the Alliance of Hippocratic Medicine challenge to the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill, mifepristone. It provides context for the challenge, as well as what some o…

  22. The Federalist

    Judge Says FDA Wrongfully Approved Abortion Pill (opens The Federalist)

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    The Federalist's feed description

    23 years after the FDA approved the abortion pill mifepristone, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk ruled that the agency chose politics over safety.

  23. NPR

    Access to a key abortion drug is in jeopardy nationwide after court decisions in two states (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    A Texas judge suspended the FDA's approval of an abortion drug on Friday, the same day that a court in Washington State blocked the FDA from taking the drug off the market.

  24. Al Jazeera

    US judge withdraws approval for abortion pill during Texas case (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk has placed a temporary stay on the FDA approval for mifepristone, used in medication abortions.

  25. The Brunswick News

    Abortion pill ruling: Texas judge orders hold on FDA approval, but another judge contradicts him (opens The Brunswick News)

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    The Brunswick News's feed description

    ATLANTA — A federal judge in Texas delivered a major blow to reproductive rights advocates Friday, ordering a hold on the Food and Drug Administration approval of mifepristone, an abortion

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