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Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:34 AM Tuesday

West Virginia abortion ban upheld over drugmaker's challenge

A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld West Virginia's near-total ban on abortion, including limits it imposed on access to the medication abortion drug mifepristone.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, said the federal Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone did not preempt the West Virginia law as it applied to medication abortions.

GenBioPro, which sells a generic version of the pill, claimed that FDA approval overrode West Virginia's 2022 abortion law, which banned most abortions in the state.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/west-virginia-abortion-ban-upheld-143152707.html
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