Right-wing Judges Kurt Engelhardt and Andrew Oldham upheld the part of a Texas judge's ruling that halted the recent FDA decision allowing mifepristone to be distributed by mail.
The appeals court panel's decision came after hundreds of Democratic lawmakers and reproductive rights groups filed amicus briefs warning that, if upheld, Kacsmaryk's order would have"perilous consequences" that"reach far beyond mifepristone."
"If the decision...takes effect, people even in states where abortion remains legal or protected will be denied access to mifepristone, imperiling access to abortion and jeopardizing the health of persons unable to timely obtain care," the groups wrote."Neither science nor law supports this result.
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