Biden, Harris Respond To Supreme Court Keeping Abortion Drug Mifepristone In Place

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone.

The White House released statements from both Biden and Harris Friday evening responding to the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing mifepristone for now. The Court ruled on Friday that the FDA’s approval of the abortifacient drug, used in nearly half of abortions nationwide, could remain in place while the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals hears a lawsuit.

“Today, the Supreme Court granted the Department of Justice’s emergency stay application in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA, preventing a lower court...