West Virginia's ban on the abortion pill upheld by federal appeals court

 By Ryan Foley - Posted at The Christian Post:

Published July 18, 2025

Pro-life advocates are rejoicing after a federal appeals court ruled this week that West Virginia is within its rights to ban the abortion pill, the second major court loss for the abortion industry in the last month.

A three-judge panel on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in an opinion published Tuesday that West Virginia can ban the sale of mifepristone, the first drug in the chemical abortion regimen.

Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, appointed to the bench by former President Ronald Reagan, authored the majority opinion while Judge DeAndrea Benjamin, appointed to the bench by former President Joe Biden, wrote an opinion concurring and dissenting in part with the majority.

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