Appeals court urged to rule on abortion pill ban by both sides of the debate.

A group of 69 Republican members of Congress filed a brief urging an appeals court to uphold the decision of a federal judge in Texas last week that would halt the prescription of a widely used abortion pill, after over 200 congressional Democrats lobbied for a reversal of the ruling. The GOP lawmakers argued that the federal government approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, which has been approved for over 20 years, is “unlawful.” The FDA quickly filed an appeal to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.