Abortion Pill Decision Sparks Legal and Political Controversy.
TL;DR
A federal judge in Texas used the Comstock Act, a century-and-a-half-old law that prohibited the mailing of contraceptives, "lewd" writings, and any "instrument, substance, drug, medicine or thing" that could be used in an abortion, to order a halt to mifepristone access. The FDA's decades-old approval of the pill widely used in medical abortions was overturned by the judge's decision.
- Get the Facts: 1873 Comstock Act used in abortion pill decision WMTW Portland
- Judge’s Ruling Against Abortion Pill Is Filled With Activists’ Language Yahoo News
- Appeals court partially blocks ruling that imperils access to key abortion pill NBC News
- FDA Finally Held Accountable for Illegal Approval of Abortion Drugs | Opinion Newsweek
- Abortion Pill Ban: Texas Judge Rule on Mifepristone Undermines FDA, Big Pharma - Bloomberg Bloomberg
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