TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 10, 2023

The U.S. government today filed an emergency motion to stay a federal judge's ruling that would revoke FDA approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, The Hill reports. Last Friday, a federal judge in Texas ruled the FDA violated its statutory duty in approving the drug by basing its decision on “unsound reasoning and studies that did not support its conclusions.” In the motion filed with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the government argues that the ruling was "especially unwarranted" because it thwarts the FDA's scientific judgment and severely harms women. Tennessee Lookout has more on the case. Adding to the volatile legal landscape around abortion, a federal judge in Washington state on Friday issued a seemingly conflicting injunction that prevented federal regulators from altering access to the drug according to the Commercial Appeal.