Abortion rights in the United States have suffered a major setback as conflicting court rulings over the legality of an abortion pill which has been widely available for more than 20 years
Judge Kacsmaryk’s decision could limit access to the drug for millions of women in the US. Legal analysts say the ruling threatens to upend the entire foundation of America’s drug regulatory system.
They contend the agency used an improper process when it approved mifepristone in 2000 and did not adequately consider the drug’s safety when used by girls under age 18 to terminate a pregnancy. “Democrats will do everything in our power to fight back to ensure access to safe and legal abortion is protected, and voters will hold every last Republican accountable for an extreme anti-choice agenda,” said Jaime Harrison, the chair of the Democratic National Committee., 12 of the 50 states now ban abortion outright while many others prohibit it after a certain length of pregnancy, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research organisation that supports abortion rights.
US district court judge Thomas Rice in Spokane, Washington, in a separate lawsuit, issued a preliminary order blocking the FDA from making any changes to the current availability of mifepristone. His ruling applied to the 17 states that sued. The FDA in January said that the government for the first time will allow mifepristone to be dispensed at retail pharmacies.and Cushing syndrome, a hormone-related condition.
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