Three conservative-led states—Idaho, Kansas and Missouri—lost their bid to intervene in a battle between the Biden administration and conservative physicians over the abortion pill mifepristone.
The justices’ decision on Tuesday comes ahead of March 26 oral arguments in the case and marks a victory for the Biden administration in defending Food and Drug Administration safety decisions on the drug that previously were struck down by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The states’ intervention motion was tailored to maintain the litigation should the Supreme Court find that the conservative physicians lacked standing to sue the FDA over ...
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