US abortion pill access could hinge on whether doctors had right to sue
A prominent U.S. lawsuit to ban the abortion pill mifepristone has focused on the drug's safety and approval process. That’s because of the legal concept known as standing, which holds that plaintiffs must have suffered harm or face an imminent injury traceable to the defendant — in this case, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which approved the pill in 2000. The deeply divisive issue of abortion rights in America has returned to the national spotlight since the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had legalized the proce...
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