Drugmaker, DOJ Ask Supreme Court to Block Ruling Against Abortion Pill
The company that makes a widely used abortion drug asked the U.S. Supreme Court on April 14 to block a recent ruling that limits the drug’s availability, as did the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ).
Danco Laboratories manufactures mifepristone, used by many women to terminate pregnancies. Under an appeals court ruling this week, the drug cannot be prescribed by mail. A separate ruling in a different court ordered no new limits on mifepristone in 17 states.
The competing rulings have resulted in “an untenable limbo, for Danco, for providers, for women, and for health care systems all trying to navigate these uncharted waters,” Danco said in a filing to the Supreme Court….