There were conflicting court rulings in the US over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone, which has been widely available for more than 20 years.
On Friday there was conflicting court rulings over the legality of the abortion medication mifepristone, which has been widely available for more than 20 years.
But that decision came at nearly the same time that US District Judge Thomas O Rice, an Obama appointee, essentially ordered the opposite and directed US authorities not to make any changes that would restrict access to the drug in at least 17 states where Democrats sued in an effort to protect availability.
The abortion drug has been widely used in the US since securing FDA approval and there is essentially no precedent for a lone judge overruling the medical decisions of the Food and Drug Administration. Federal lawyers representing the FDA are expected to swiftly appeal. The White House was reviewing the decision.
Mifepristone is part of a two-drug regimen that has long been the standard for medication abortion in the US.
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