<p>The US Food and Drug Administration filed an appeal on Friday against a ruling by a federal judge that overturned the approval of a safe and effective abortion pill, court records showed.</p>.<p>A federal judge in the US state of Texas overturned the two-decade-old approval of the pill, the latest volley in a conservative battle against reproductive rights in the United States.</p>.<p>The FDA's notice of appeal was filed on Friday in Texas and signed by lawyers representing the agency, according to court documents.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/yellen-downplays-recession-fears-expects-us-economy-to-grow-1207723.html" target="_blank">Yellen downplays recession fears, expects US economy to grow</a></strong></p>.<p>"The FDA has appealed this decision. FDA approved Mifeprex more than 20 years ago based on a comprehensive review of the scientific evidence available and determined that it was safe and effective for its indicated use - medical termination of early pregnancy," the FDA said in a statement to US media.</p>.<p>If it stands, the ruling by an appointee of former US president Donald Trump would reverse permission granted by the FDA for mifepristone, a drug widely used for over two decades to terminate unwanted pregnancies.</p>.<p>President Joe Biden announced on Friday that the Department of Justice had also filed an appeal, pledging to "fight this ruling".</p>.<p>"The lawsuit, and this ruling, is another unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms from women and putting their health at risk," he said in a statement.</p>.<p>Moments after the Texas decision on Friday, a judge in Washington state ruled in a separate case that access to the drug must be preserved in more than a dozen states.</p>.<p>In an illustration of how deep the fracture on abortion runs in US society, the dueling legal opinions mean the issue is almost certain to end up before the Supreme Court.</p>.<p>The conservative-dominated panel last year overturned the landmark Roe v Wade ruling that had enshrined a woman's right to abortion for half a century.</p>
<p>The US Food and Drug Administration filed an appeal on Friday against a ruling by a federal judge that overturned the approval of a safe and effective abortion pill, court records showed.</p>.<p>A federal judge in the US state of Texas overturned the two-decade-old approval of the pill, the latest volley in a conservative battle against reproductive rights in the United States.</p>.<p>The FDA's notice of appeal was filed on Friday in Texas and signed by lawyers representing the agency, according to court documents.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/yellen-downplays-recession-fears-expects-us-economy-to-grow-1207723.html" target="_blank">Yellen downplays recession fears, expects US economy to grow</a></strong></p>.<p>"The FDA has appealed this decision. FDA approved Mifeprex more than 20 years ago based on a comprehensive review of the scientific evidence available and determined that it was safe and effective for its indicated use - medical termination of early pregnancy," the FDA said in a statement to US media.</p>.<p>If it stands, the ruling by an appointee of former US president Donald Trump would reverse permission granted by the FDA for mifepristone, a drug widely used for over two decades to terminate unwanted pregnancies.</p>.<p>President Joe Biden announced on Friday that the Department of Justice had also filed an appeal, pledging to "fight this ruling".</p>.<p>"The lawsuit, and this ruling, is another unprecedented step in taking away basic freedoms from women and putting their health at risk," he said in a statement.</p>.<p>Moments after the Texas decision on Friday, a judge in Washington state ruled in a separate case that access to the drug must be preserved in more than a dozen states.</p>.<p>In an illustration of how deep the fracture on abortion runs in US society, the dueling legal opinions mean the issue is almost certain to end up before the Supreme Court.</p>.<p>The conservative-dominated panel last year overturned the landmark Roe v Wade ruling that had enshrined a woman's right to abortion for half a century.</p>