A US federal court decided Wednesday night to temporarily authorize the abortion pill, but under stricter regulation.
A three-judge committee of the New Orleans-based appeals court voted two to one to uphold the pill’s authorization but with stricter rules.
Access to it now requires three visits to the doctor and will be limited to the first seven weeks of pregnancy, compared to the previous ten.
This pill had been authorized by the US Drug Agency (FDA) more than twenty years ago and is used for more than half of the abortions performed in the United States. But last Friday, Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, appointed by the former President Donald Trump, rescinded FDA approval for the drug.
Shortly thereafter, a Washington judge ruled in a separate case that possible access to the abortion pill should be maintained. The two federal court judges who voted to increase the restrictions, Kurt Engelhardt and Andrew Oldham, were appointed by Donald Trump, while the one who voted against, Catharina Haynes, was appointed by former President George W. Bush.
Nearly a year ago now, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court struck down the landmark Roe v. Wade, who championed abortion rights for women in the United States for half a century.
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