Abortion Pill Still on Market Despite Judge’s Ruling to Pull It

Pharmacies are pushing ahead with sales of the abortion pill even after a judge’s decision threatens to restrict access to the drug nationwide as soon as Friday.

The Biden administration is racing to stop a Texas federal judge’s ruling designed to suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s decades-old approval of mifepristone, a pill used to terminate pregnancies. The administration asked a federal appeals court Monday afternoon to suspend the judge’s ruling, calling it “extraordinary and unprecedented” and arguing the groups behind the lawsuit didn’t have the authority to challenge the approval given they don’t actually prescribe the pill.

Making matters ...