Judge:  COVID Conditions Have Not Changed Enough To Lift Mifepristone Injunction

Mealey's (December 11, 2020, 2:21 PM EST) -- GREENBELT, Md. — A Maryland federal judge on Dec. 9 denied a motion by the United States to stay his preliminary injunction against the government’s in-person requirement for the dispensing of the mifepristone abortion drug, saying the defendant did not identify any “changed circumstances” in the COVID-19 pandemic (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, et al. v. Food and Drug Administration, et al., No. 20-1320, D. Md.)....