Anti-abortion doctors urge Supreme Court to keep mifepristone restrictions in place
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A group of doctors oppose abortion Ask the Supreme Court on Tuesday Restricting access to a key medical abortion drug comes amid other legal challenges as Wednesday night approaches a deadline for court action.
The filing means the court could rule at any time as the legal battle over mifepristone continues, with the Justice Department expected to respond Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, nearly two weeks after Texas A federal judge in the state said the drug should not have been approved in 2000.
Last week, Justice Samuel Alito agree to request The Biden administration and the drug’s manufacturer asked that the decision be put on hold to give a judge more time to review the case. Alito asked to hear from doctors and said the court would make a final decision by 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
In the filing, the doctors asked a judge to ultimately deny the Biden administration’s request, saying that for “nearly a quarter century” the government and the drug’s manufacturers have “blatantly flouted the law and applicable regulations and ignored loopholes and deficiencies.” They raise red flags in their safety data, deliberately evade judicial review, and continually prioritize politics over women’s health. ”
The doctor’s attorney, Erik C. Baptist, said the FDA did not do enough to study the drug’s safety.
“For decades, the agency has stripped chemical abortion of all meaningful and necessary safeguards, demonstrating a callous disregard for women’s well-being, unborn life, and statutory limitations.”
He said the government’s argument amounted to a “sky-falling argument comparing chemical abortion to drugs like ibuprofen,” and that the lower court’s ruling restricting access to the drug was a “prudent decision” that, he argued, “simply requires The agency complies with the law.”
