Texas Judge Halts FDA Approval of Abortion Pill, Case Likely to Head to SCOTUS

A federal judge in Texas has halted the FDA's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing a violation of a federal rule that allows for accelerated approval for certain drugs. The Biden administration will appeal the decision. The FDA approved mifepristone more than 20 years ago, and the drug is taken together with a second medicine, misoprostol, to terminate a pregnancy through 10 weeks gestation. The ruling further throws into chaos abortion access nationwide amid a legal landscape that has been upended since the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade last June.