WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is expected on Wednesday to decide the fate of a crucial abortion pill that is used in more than half of abortions across the United States while an appeal moves forward.

The court is weighing an emergency application by the Biden administration to maintain the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the drug after an appeals court said it would place limitations on the medication, mifepristone.

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. had issued a stay in the case that is set to expire at midnight, meaning the court is likely to act before then, although it could extend the deadline or fail to act.

 

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Here we go the Supreme Court deciding science unbelievable 

7 minutes ago, Tug said:

Here we go the Supreme Court deciding science unbelievable 

I guess Clarence is back from one of his vacations for this sitting

3 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

I guess Clarence is back from one of his vacations for this sitting

I hear the parking lot at Walmart is beautiful this time of year.

12 hours ago, Tug said:

Here we go the Supreme Court deciding science unbelievable 

If they are deciding on the time limit for the pill on a pregnancy I would support it 100%

8 hours ago, placeholder said:

I hear the parking lot at Walmart is beautiful this time of year.

But you better be quick if you live in Chicago as they appear to be shutting all their 8 stores due to inner city run crime and theft - well done liberal DA's 

2 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

If they are deciding on the time limit for the pill on a pregnancy I would support it 100%

No that's not the decision they are making, the info is in the OP link, in the US the abortion pill is only used up to a max 11th week. Anyway, they've pushed back their decision till Friday.

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

No that's not the decision they are making, the info is in the OP link, in the US the abortion pill is only used up to a max 11th week. Anyway, they've pushed back their decision till Friday.

I’m worried they are sitting on it hoping the attention dies down then yank the net out from under the women in need + crippling advancements in new drugs 

I can see only one way that the SCOTUS can rule.  Because if they allow one judge to decide which drugs can be taken off the market, then why do we even have a FDA?  But being that this SCOTUS is right leaning (read a bit nutty), they may rule against science and common sense. 

In the past, even the conservative justices have ruled that judges should not overrule the FDA on medical questions. But since these justices have also demonstrated a willingness to ignore their principles when convenient, I wouldn't get all surprised if in some way they support that judge in Texas.

1 hour ago, Tug said:

I’m worried they are sitting on it hoping the attention dies down then yank the net out from under the women in need + crippling advancements in new drugs 

Generally, if corporations or government have to release bad news, they choose to do it on Friday for obvious reasons.