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Court Partially Halts Ruling Restricting Access to Abortion Pill

FIGHT GOES ON

A hardline conservative judge suspended the FDA’s approval of the drug last Friday.

A box containing a Mifepristone tablet is seen at Blue Mountain Clinic in Missoula, Montana, U.S. February 28, 2023.
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The abortion pill mifepristone will remain available across the U.S. but with substantial new restrictions, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked part of an order Friday from Matthew

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