Texas federal judge halts US approval of abortion pill
While abortions have halted in more than a dozen states after the Supreme Court overturned the long-established constitutional right last June, it is still legal in dozens more. – AFP pic, April 8, 2023.
A CONSERVATIVE federal judge in the state of Texas halted US approval of the abortion pill mifepristone yesterday, but paused implementation for a week to give federal authorities time to appeal. The suit against the Food and Drug Administration is the latest step in the campaign to win a total ban on abortion following a landmark Supreme Court ruling last year. It takes aim at a pill involved in 53% of all abortions in the United States, or more than half a million every year.
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