Conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas opposed the decision in the 7-2 ruling issued Friday evening
The two-day extension, SCOTUSblog wrote, is "unusual" - likely signaling that discussions among the justices are ongoing
The move by conservative Justice Samuel Alito will give the High Court until April 19 to decide whether those restrictions will be kept
DoJ will "defend the FDA’s scientific judgment and protect Americans’ access to safe and effective reproductive care"
The move comes days after a Federal judge issued a ruling that stayed the FDA's 2000 approval of the abortion medication mifepristone
"You’re not talking about just mifepristone,” U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said on CNN
200 pharmaceutical company executives objected to the mifepristone ban by "a federal judge with no scientific training"
20 Republican state attorneys general threatened to sue Walgreens for offering mifepristone
Kacsmaryk's past statements include: homosexuality is "disordered" & transgender people are suffering a "delusion" or "mental disorder"
