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Fight over online access to abortion pill reaches Supreme Court in emergency appeal

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Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames

By John Fritze, CNN

(CNN) — The makers of the abortion pill mifepristone filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court on Saturday urging the justices to pause a lower-court ruling that temporarily blocked Americans from accessing the drug through the mail.

The fast-track case, filed with conservative Justice Samuel Alito, puts the drug and the issue of abortion back on the high court’s docket less than two years after the justices rejected a similar challenge — a decision that allowed the drug to remain widely available.

The rush appeal comes a day after the conservative 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a nationwide requirement that the medication be obtained in person, undermining access to the method of abortion that has grown more widespread since the court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 precedent that established a constitutional right to abortion.

The lower-court ruling, Danco Laboratories told the Supreme Court in its appeal Saturday, “injects immediate confusion and upheaval into highly time-sensitive medical decisions.”

“What happens when patients arrive for scheduled appointments this weekend and beyond, or walk into pharmacies in New York, Minnesota, Washington, and many other states today to obtain Mifeprex that was prescribed by a provider yesterday?” the company’s attorneys wrote. “What should a patient do if she cannot obtain an in-person appointment immediately?”

Danco urged the Supreme Court to issue an “administrative” stay that would immediately pause the 5th Circuit’s decision. It also urged the Supreme Court to case the case up on the merits.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, women have been able to obtain mifepristone – one of the two drugs in the medication abortion regimen – through telehealth appointments. President Joe Biden’s administration finalized rules that ended the requirement that the pills be obtained through an in-person doctor’s visit in 2023, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe.

As conservative states have responded to the Supreme Court’s decision by banning or severely limiting access to clinic abortions, medication abortions have become more common. Medication abortions accounted for more than 60% of abortions in the US in 2023, according to Guttmacher Institute research.

Louisiana sued last year alleging that the Biden-era regulation undermined its own abortion ban. A federal district court in April declined to restrict access to the drug until the FDA completed a safety review of the drug.

A CNN analysis of mifepristone data shows that the drug is overwhelmingly safe and has fewer reported side effects than Viagra or penicillin.

CNN’s Tierney Sneed contributed to this report.

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Fight over online access to abortion pill reaches Supreme Court in emergency appeal

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Mifepristone tablets sit on a table at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Ames

By John Fritze, CNN

(CNN) — The makers of the abortion pill mifepristone filed an emergency appeal at the Supreme Court on Saturday urging the justices to pause a lower-court ruling that temporarily blocked Americans from accessing the drug through the mail.

The fast-track case, filed with conservative Justice Samuel Alito, puts the drug and the issue of abortion back on the high court’s docket less than two years after the justices rejected a similar challenge — a decision that allowed the drug to remain widely available.

The rush appeal comes a day after the conservative 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a nationwide requirement that the medication be obtained in person, undermining access to the method of abortion that has grown more widespread since the court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 precedent that established a constitutional right to abortion.

The lower-court ruling, Danco Laboratories told the Supreme Court in its appeal Saturday, “injects immediate confusion and upheaval into highly time-sensitive medical decisions.”

“What happens when patients arrive for scheduled appointments this weekend and beyond, or walk into pharmacies in New York, Minnesota, Washington, and many other states today to obtain Mifeprex that was prescribed by a provider yesterday?” the company’s attorneys wrote. “What should a patient do if she cannot obtain an in-person appointment immediately?”

Danco urged the Supreme Court to issue an “administrative” stay that would immediately pause the 5th Circuit’s decision. It also urged the Supreme Court to case the case up on the merits.

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, women have been able to obtain mifepristone – one of the two drugs in the medication abortion regimen – through telehealth appointments. President Joe Biden’s administration finalized rules that ended the requirement that the pills be obtained through an in-person doctor’s visit in 2023, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe.

As conservative states have responded to the Supreme Court’s decision by banning or severely limiting access to clinic abortions, medication abortions have become more common. Medication abortions accounted for more than 60% of abortions in the US in 2023, according to Guttmacher Institute research.

Louisiana sued last year alleging that the Biden-era regulation undermined its own abortion ban. A federal district court in April declined to restrict access to the drug until the FDA completed a safety review of the drug.

A CNN analysis of mifepristone data shows that the drug is overwhelmingly safe and has fewer reported side effects than Viagra or penicillin.

CNN’s Tierney Sneed contributed to this report.

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Su asesinato estuvo sin resolverse durante 30 años. El sospechoso había desaparecido, hasta ahora

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Allsha Ebrahlmjl, CNN

Durante más de 30 años, quién mató a Cindy Wanner fue un misterio para sus seres queridos y las autoridades, después de que desapareciera de una casa en el norte de California dejando todo atrás, incluido su bebé.

Su repentina desaparición en 1991 conmocionó a los residentes de Granite Bay, un suburbio de Sacramento donde la madre de dos hijos de 35 años había ido a limpiar la casa de su hermana, dijeron los investigadores. El bebé de 11 meses de Wanner estaba sujeto en una silla alta y llorando, sin su madre, cuando un familiar llegó a la casa más tarde ese día.

Una extensa búsqueda de Wanner terminó tres semanas después cuando su cuerpo fue encontrado en una zona remota a unos 64 kilómetros de la casa de su hermana, según la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Placer.

Pero muchas preguntas siguieron abiertas sobre quién estaba detrás de la muerte de Wanner, y por qué lo había hecho.

Con los años, las autoridades continuaron analizando evidencia sin resultados suficientes hasta que una tecnología más reciente de pruebas de ADN les dio una nueva esperanza para encontrar al asesino de Wanner.

Recientemente, los detectives enviaron una “pieza final de evidencia” del caso de Wanner a un laboratorio forense de la oficina del sheriff de un condado vecino, que arrojó una coincidencia con James Lawhead Jr., de 64 años, quien fue identificado como sospechoso, dijo la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de Placer.

Aunque la última coincidencia de ADN los llevó a Lawhead, encontrarlo se convirtió en un desafío.

Los investigadores que buscaban a Lawhead no encontraron rastro de él y “parecía que simplemente desapareció desde 2005”, dijo el sheriff del Condado de Placer, Wayne Woo, en una conferencia de prensa a principios de esta semana.

“Exploramos todas las posibilidades sobre lo que podría haber pasado, si todavía vivía bajo una identidad falsa, si había salido del país o si incluso estaba fallecido”, dijo Woo, señalando que la oficina del sheriff revisó registros tanto en EE.UU. como en Canadá.

Los detectives pidieron ayuda a otras agencias y el Departamento de Policía de Scottsdale, usando el sistema de reconocimiento facial del Departamento de Transporte de Arizona, identificó una coincidencia, dijo Woo. El sistema se usa típicamente para detectar licencias de conducir falsas, identificaciones estatales y sospechas de robo de identidad.

En Arizona, no era conocido por su nombre real. Lawhead usaba el nombre de Vincent Reynolds, dijo la oficina del sheriff, y vivía en Bullhead City, cerca de la frontera del estado con Nevada y a más de 900 kilómetros del condado de Placer.

El hombre fue arrestado en el camino de entrada de su casa en Bullhead City el 24 de abril, dijo Woo. Después del arresto de Lawhead, los investigadores registraron la casa y encontraron armas cargadas, una bolsa con US$ 15.000 y un teléfono desechable, dijo el sheriff.

Lawhead enfrenta cargos de asesinato y secuestro, dijo la fiscal del condado de Placer, Morgan Gire. Fue extraditado al Condado de Placer el jueves. CNN no ha podido identificar al abogado de Lawhead.

“Este arresto es un recordatorio poderoso de que el tiempo no borra la responsabilidad, y que no disminuye nuestro compromiso”, dijo Gire en un comunicado tras el arresto.

Los vecinos de Lawhead en Bullhead City dijeron a KPHO, afiliada de CNN, que estaban sorprendidos de saber que el hombre había estado viviendo entre ellos. Los investigadores luego supieron que la casa era propiedad de la hermana de Lawhead,

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