Federal law, which requires doctors to treat patients in emergency situations, trumps state laws, the nation's top health official said in a statement.
Federal law, which requires doctors to treat patients in emergency situations, trumps state laws, the nation’s top health official said in a statement.
The justices are expected to issue an order in a fast-moving case from Texas in which abortion opponents are seeking to roll back FDA approval of the drug, mifepristone.
The justices are expected to issue an order in a fast-moving case from Texas in which abortion opponents are seeking to roll back FDA approval of the drug, mifepristone.
The stay itself is set to expire Wednesday at midnight, meaning the court is very likely to act before then and could in the coming days further curtail access to abortion, even in states where it is legal.