U.S. Top Court Rejects Arizona Appeal Over Abortion Drug Law
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked Arizona from enforcing a state law that restricts access to abortion-inducing drugs by prohibiting off-label uses of RU-486, the so-called “abortion pill.”
The high court’s refusal to hear the state’s appeal means that an April ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that prevented the law from going into effect while litigation continues will remain intact.
The law would prevent women from using the drug between the seventh and ninth week of pregnancy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 2000 approval of the drug applied only up to the seventh week.
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