7 April 2023 - A federal judge in Texas on Friday stayed the FDA’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, but delayed the ruling taking effect for a week, giving the Biden administration time to appeal.

Mifepristone was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ago. The much-awaited ruling comes nearly a year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion that had been in effect since the early 1970s.

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