Högsta domstolen behandlar utmaningar mot reglerna för medicinsk abort.
Domarna Clarence Thomas och Samuel Alito lämnade skiljaktiga meningar i ett fall som rör restriktioner för mifepriston. Den femte appellationsdomstolen hade infört ett nationellt förbud mot att skriva ut läkemedlet via telemedicin. Högsta domstolen utfärdade tidigare i år ett interimistiskt beslut som blockerade förbudet.
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A unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday issued a temporary nationwide order that freezes federal rules allowing mifepristone to be prescribed via telemedicine and sent by mail, siding with Louisiana in a lawsuit challenging the FDA’s 2023 changes.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued an emergency order permitting the mail distribution of the abortion drug mifepristone to continue nationwide. The unsigned ruling temporarily blocked a federal appeals court decision that had struck down a Biden-era policy allowing online prescriptions and shipments.
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Kenya's Court of Appeal has ruled that abortion is not a fundamental right under the constitution, overturning a 2022 High Court decision. A three-judge bench in Malindi permitted terminations only when a qualified doctor determines a serious risk to the expectant mother's life.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Mississippi law allowing election officials to count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later. The 5-4 decision rejected a challenge by the Republican National Committee. It preserves practices used in about 18 states and territories.
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The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 unsigned order Tuesday night permitting Alabama to implement a congressional map that eliminates a district held by a Black Democrat. The decision applies and expands the Court's recent ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.