'The court rightly found that some claims were filed too late,' said one reproductive rights campaigner, 'but that should not distract from the radical assault on the FDA's decisionmaking authority.'
The judges also halted changes that allowed the pill to be prescribed up to 10 weeks of pregnancy instead of just seven.
"This decision is a wolf in sheep's clothing," Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, said in aThursday."The appellate court order repeats serious errors in Judge Kascmaryk ruling. Again, it is wrong on the facts and the law, resulting in an unprecedented override of the FDA's scientific judgment."
"The court rightly found that some claims were filed too late," Northup added,"but that should not distract from the radical assault on the FDA's decisionmaking authority and the fact that it will wreak havoc on the provision of medication abortion if it stands."Thursday that it will be"seeking emergency relief from the Supreme Court" in response to the 5th Circuit ruling.Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v.
to deny in part our request for a stay pending appeal," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement, pledging to"defend the FDA's scientific judgment and protect Americans' access to safe and effective reproductive care." It's unclear how the U.S. Supreme Court, whose conservative supermajority ended the constitutional right to abortion last year, will approach the mifepristone case, which has potentially sweeping implications for reproductive freedom.
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