A federal court issued a ruling today that temporarily blocked mail-order abortions and, if ultimately upheld, could save tens of thousands of babies from abortions. The federal appeals court temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule allowing the abortion drug mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail, a victory for pro-life advocates working to protect women and unborn children from unregulated chemical abortions that bypass state laws protecting babies from abortions. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Friday that Louisiana would likely succeed in its challenge to the federal policy eliminating the longstanding in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone. The temporary order significantly curtails access to the drug nationwide and particularly in states that have banned abortion.
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newspaper Read articleA federal appeals court on Friday halted a Biden-era scheme that allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to be sent via mail. Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit issued a scathing rebuke of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) 2023 REMS action permanently removing the in-person dispensing requirement for mifepristone and allowing the drug to be sent via mail. The panel wrote that the Biden administration’s removal of the in-person requirement was an explicit attempt to undermine pro-li
Open original open_in_newA federal court issued a ruling today that temporarily blocked mail-order abortions and, if ultimately upheld, could save tens of thousands of babies from abortions. The federal appeals court temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule allowing the abortion drug mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail, a victory for pro-life advocates working to protect women and unborn children from unregulated chemical abortions that bypass state laws protecting babies from abortions. Circuit Court o
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The court issued an order.
The court issued an order.
A federal appeals court on Friday halted a Biden-era scheme that allowed the abortion pill mifepristone to be sent via mail. Court of Appeal for the Fifth Circuit issued a …
A federal court issued a ruling today that temporarily blocked mail-order abortions and, if ultimately upheld, could save tens of thousands of babies from abortions. The federal appeals court temporarily …
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