For now, mifepristone remains protected in New York, but that protection is hanging in the balance of two rulings.
Governor Kathy Hochul showed her support for women's reproductive rights at a virtual Planned Parenthood conference on the current abortion pill debate.
For now, mifepristone remains protected in New York, but that protection is hanging in the balance of these two rulings. A growing number of states led by Democratic governors are stockpiling doses of drugs used in medication abortions, amid fears that a court ruling could restrict access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S.
The actions come as U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee in Amarillo, Texas, overruled decades of scientific approval Friday and put on hold federal approval of mifepristone.The Biden administration slammed the ruling and on Monday appealed the decision, saying it would thwart the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's scientific judgment and "severely harm women, particularly those for whom mifepristone is a medical or practical necessity.
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