The U.S. Supreme Court must uphold the restrictions for them to take effect.
In addition, Kacsmaryk blocked any subsequent FDA decisions that expanded the use of mifepristone in terminating pregnancies in their first weeks.only hours later by Judge Thomas Rice of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington blocked the FDA from restricting the availability of mifepristone in the states that filed the lawsuit before that court.
State attorneys general in 17 states asked Rice to remove certain restrictions — known as REMS or Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy — that the FDA imposed on mifepristone. Those restrictions had been on mifepristone since the drug was approved for use. In Wednesday’s ruling, a restriction on telemedicine prescriptions and drugs delivered by mail would have made it unavailable in some states with abortion bans.
The Justice Department said it would appeal Wednesday’s ruling. A spokesperson for the Justice Department that the department “strongly disagrees” with the ruling and “will be seeking Supreme Court review of that decision.”
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