Conflicting US rulings leave fate of abortion pill in doubt

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 10, 2023 12:09 am

Washington, United States: Conflicting rulings by two federal judges have left the future of abortion pills in the United States deeply uncertain, likely placing the divisive issue squarely in the lap of the Supreme Court.

A ruling Friday by federal judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas banned the widely used drug mifepristone (RU 486) nationwide, boosting conservatives' efforts to further restrict abortion rights after the Supreme Court last year allowed states to prohibit them.

In this file photo illustration taken on May 8, 2020, a woman looks at a website with the Mifepristone Abortion Pill on her computer in Arlington, Virginia. AFP PHOTO

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