The US Supreme Court blocks the restrictions on the abortion pill

2023-04-22 07:34:00

Time.news – The Supreme Court of the United States has blocked the restrictions imposed on the use of abortion pill. The much awaited decision arrived in the afternoon in Washington. The provision represents a victory for the president of the United States Joe Bidenwho had opposed the ban on access to the pill.

The judges, in a short text, accepted the urgent request of the Justice Department and of the pharmaceutical company DancoLaboratories, producer of mifepristone, the steroid used for thetermination of pregnancy, rejecting conservative Texas judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s decision. It is the first victory for supporters of right to abortionsince last year the Supreme Court struck down the right to abortion at the federal level, established in 1973.

Biden: “The battle continues”

“By a Supreme Court decision, mifepristone remains available and recognized as safe and effective as we continue this battle in the courts,” said US President Joe Biden. “I – added Biden – will continue to oppose this politicized attack on women’s health. But let it be clear, the American people must continue to use their vote to have a voice, and elect in Congress who will pass a law that will reintroduce the protections guaranteed by the Roe v. Wade”

States with limits access to the abortion pill

While the Supreme Court has blocked a state court decision to limit access to the mifepristone abortion pill, many states have already outlawed all types of abortion and, in some cases, access to the pill is restricted. Thirteen those who have banned all abortions, thirteen also those who limit the remote prescription of the pill, twenty-five instead those who provide for it.

States that banned all types of abortion:

Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arkansas, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Idaho. Stati I Limit Access There Pill in Telemedicine: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kansas, Arizona, Utah, Nebraska, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Wyoming, North Dakota.

States that do not restrict remote prescription pill access:

Alaska, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Washington, Montana, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Oregon, California, Nevada, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Washington Dc, Hawaii, New Mexico, Colorado.