March 26, 2024: Supreme Court hears oral arguments in abortion pill cases
8 months, 4 weeks ago

March 26, 2024: Supreme Court hears oral arguments in abortion pill cases

CNN  

Jessica Ellsworth, representing Danco, which makes mifepristone, argues before the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on March 26. Bill Hennessy CNN News Associate Jalen Beckford attended oral arguments at the Supreme Court for the first time. Here are his observations: Upon arrival at the Supreme Court, members of the press and onlookers were greeted by abortion rights groups marching outside the high court. A person listens to arguments before the US Supreme Court regarding access to the abortion pill mifepristone.

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The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone isn’t the last word on the abortion pill
6 months, 1 week ago

The Supreme Court’s ruling on mifepristone isn’t the last word on the abortion pill

Associated Press  

The Supreme Court ‘s ruling on technical grounds Thursday keeps the abortion pill mifepristone available in the U.S. for now, but it won’t be the last word on the issue, and the unanimous opinion offers some clues for how abortion opponents can keep trying to deny it to women nationwide. “The decision is good that the doctors don’t have standing,” …

US Supreme Court maintains access to the abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

US Supreme Court maintains access to the abortion pill mifepristone

Hindustan Times  

The United States Supreme Court has rejected a bid to restrict access to a medication used in abortions, thereby ending abortion opponents' attempts to limit access to the operation, reported Al Jazeera. The US Supreme Court preserved full access to a widely used abortion pill in a case that carried major stakes for reproductive rights and election-year politics. In 2022, …

US Supreme Court unanimously rejects bid to restrict abortion pill access
6 months, 1 week ago

US Supreme Court unanimously rejects bid to restrict abortion pill access

ABC  

In short: The US Supreme Court has rejected a bid to limit access to a common abortion pill. The US Supreme Court has rejected a bid by an anti-abortion group that included doctors to restrict access to the abortion pill. The justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food and Drug Administration's approval …

Takeaways from Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but opponents say fight not over
6 months, 1 week ago

Takeaways from Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but opponents say fight not over

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court unanimously upheld access to a drug used in the majority of U.S. abortions on Thursday, though abortion opponents say the ruling won’t be the last word in the fight over mifepristone. The court found that the abortion opponents couldn’t sue because they weren’t actually injured by the medication, in part because federal laws protect doctors …

The Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Should Satisfy Nobody
6 months, 1 week ago

The Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling Should Satisfy Nobody

Slate  

This is part of Opinionpalooza, Slate’s coverage of the major decisions from the Supreme Court this June. Now the Supreme Court has unanimously shot down the 5th Circuit and Kacsmaryk, an embarrassing rejoinder to these lower courts’ law-free militancy. That’s true even in a “healthcare desert, where other doctors are not readily available.” A doctor who opposes abortion, the court …

Supreme Court throws out challenge to key abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court throws out challenge to key abortion pill mifepristone

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A ruling on Thursday found that the group …

Big win for Biden administration as US Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

Big win for Biden administration as US Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone

Hindustan Times  

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by anti-abortion groups and doctors to restrict access to the abortion pill, handing a victory on Thursday to President Joe Biden's administration in its efforts to preserve broad access to the drug. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo The justices, two years after ending the recognition of a constitutional right to abortion, ruled in a 9-0 …

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill mifepristone

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. The nine justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food …

Supreme Court won’t restrict access to abortion pill
6 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court won’t restrict access to abortion pill

Politico  

Thursday’s decision shifts the spotlight to conservatives’ other strategies to limit access to the drug, such as lobbying state legislators to pass laws prohibiting its use and paving the way for new restrictions in a potential second Trump administration. The high court’s decision does not prevent future administrations from rolling back access to mifepristone; it merely holds that anti-abortion doctors …

Editorial: Supreme Court keeps medication abortion safe — for now
6 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Supreme Court keeps medication abortion safe — for now

LA Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a challenge to mifepristone, one of the two pharmaceuticals used for medication abortion. The Supreme Court did the right thing Thursday by unanimously ruling against a challenge to the safety of mifepristone, the first of two drugs used in medication abortions. Of course, this wasn’t the court protecting access to abortion, which it …

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone

Al Jazeera  

The United States Supreme Court has rejected a bid to curb access to a drug used in abortions, ending an attempt by abortion opponents to limit access to the procedure. In a 9-0 ruling on Thursday, the justices overturned a lower court’s decision last year to limit access to the drug mifepristone, used in more than half of abortions in …

Abortion-pill foes get a chilly reception at the Supreme Court
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Abortion-pill foes get a chilly reception at the Supreme Court

Hindustan Times  

ANTI-ABORTION ACTIVISTS were thrilled when Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. With her husband, Senator Josh Hawley, watching from the public gallery, she told the justices that the FDA’s policy on mifepristone left her clients facing a “Hobson’s choice”. “Shouldn’t somebody be able to challenge that in court?” That’s quite unlikely, replied Elizabeth Prelogar, the solicitor-general who ably defended …

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess
8 months, 3 weeks ago

News Analysis: Supreme Court has right and far-right wings. Their justices might not be those you’d guess

LA Times  

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. repeatedly suggested during an oral argument that government officials could use a 19th century law to ban the distribution of abortion pills through the mail. Politics Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Texas doctors’ challenge to abortion pills Supreme Court justices question whether a group of Texas doctors had legal standing to sue …

5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court
8 months, 4 weeks ago

5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could have far-reaching implications for millions of American women and for scores of drugs regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Chief Justice John Roberts “Why can’t the court specify that this relief runs to precisely …

The Current Attack on Abortion Pills Will Fail. The Next One Will Be So Much Worse.
54 years, 11 months ago

The Current Attack on Abortion Pills Will Fail. The Next One Will Be So Much Worse.

Slate  

There are always a couple of tells when the most conservative Supreme Court in more than a century finds itself adjudicating a truly mortifying and meritless case. This case is about a handful of physicians seeking to wield their “conscience objections” to abortion as a cudgel against everyone’s access to safe reproductive care throughout the country. As Justice Ketanji Brown …

Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington, Mar 26 The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the US last year, in the court's first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration's top Supreme Court lawyer, said the court …

Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dust off 150-year-old Comstock Act to target abortion rights
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dust off 150-year-old Comstock Act to target abortion rights

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Comstock Act of 1873 targeted the mailing …

Supreme Court Justices Question Why Abortion Pill Suit Is In Front Of Them
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court Justices Question Why Abortion Pill Suit Is In Front Of Them

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Supreme Court arguments on Tuesday, regarding the legality of federal regulations allowing the distribution of the abortion drug mifepristone through the mail, hinged on whether the anti-abortion doctors association that brought the case had standing to sue in the first place. Meanwhile, Alito, the author of the court’s 2022 majority decision overturning Roe v. Wade, pressed Prelogar …

Supreme Court seems concerned about whether abortion opponents have a right to sue over medication
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court seems concerned about whether abortion opponents have a right to sue over medication

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington, Mar 26 Supreme Court justices seemed concerned on Tuesday about whether abortion opponents have the right to sue over a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the US last year, in the court's first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the Biden administration's top …

The next Supreme Court abortion rights battle is coming for the most common form of care
8 months, 4 weeks ago

The next Supreme Court abortion rights battle is coming for the most common form of care

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Restricting abortion doesn’t make it less necessary.” Lawyers …

Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone

Associated Press  

Follow AP for live coverage of the arguments before the Supreme Court. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. Solicitor General Elizabeth …

Opinion: The mifepristone case should be an easy one for the Supreme Court. But will it be?
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Opinion: The mifepristone case should be an easy one for the Supreme Court. But will it be?

LA Times  

As a matter of law, the case argued Tuesday at the Supreme Court concerning the availability of medicine to induce abortions is easy: The Food and Drug Administration has the authority to make mifepristone available and to later increase its availability. A conservative panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals said that the judge was wrong in stopping …

Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over the abortion drug mifepristone
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over the abortion drug mifepristone

CNN  

CNN — A majority of Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical Tuesday of the idea of a nationwide ban or new limits on mifepristone, the primary drug used for medication abortions. And you’re asking us to extend and pursue this relatively new course, which this court has never adopted itself.” “This case seems like a prime example of turning what could …

Supreme Court to hear arguments over mifepristone Tuesday
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Supreme Court to hear arguments over mifepristone Tuesday

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the race for the White House. Two years …

Supreme Court’s antiabortion conservatives could restrict abortion pills sent by mail, even in blue states
9 months ago

Supreme Court’s antiabortion conservatives could restrict abortion pills sent by mail, even in blue states

LA Times  

The two-drug combination of mifepristone and misoprostol is used to end pregnancies, particularly in the early weeks. The Supreme Court’s antiabortion majority is set to consider whether to order a reversal in U.S. drug laws and restrict women from obtaining abortion medication at pharmacies or through the mail. Shortly after the Supreme Court repealed the right to abortion in the …

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits
9 months ago

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — The same U.S. Supreme Court that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion will hear oral arguments Tuesday over access to mifepristone, a pharmaceutical used in both medication abortion and miscarriage care. “While there are no comprehensive data on the number of self-managed medication abortions in the United States, evidence suggests they have been increasing in the past …

Opinion: The Supreme Court tackles abortion again. How much will it hurt Republicans in 2024?
9 months ago

Opinion: The Supreme Court tackles abortion again. How much will it hurt Republicans in 2024?

LA Times  

The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday in a case that could restrict the use of mifepristone, one of two abortion drugs determined to be safe and effective for more than two decades. It could well get louder: The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments in the most significant abortion case since Dobbs, weighing whether to restrict mifepristone, one …

US Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill restrictions
1 year ago

US Supreme Court set to rule on abortion pill restrictions

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to rule on restrictions imposed by a lower court on a widely used abortion pill in the latest skirmish in the battle over reproductive rights in the United States. The lower court ruling imposing restrictions on the use of the abortion drug mifepristone has been on hold pending a decision by the conservative-dominated Supreme Court …

US Supreme Court to decide on access to abortion pill in major case
1 year ago

US Supreme Court to decide on access to abortion pill in major case

Al Jazeera  

The Biden administration aims to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been approved by the FDA. The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a bid by President Joe Biden’s administration to preserve access to the abortion pill, setting up another major ruling on reproductive rights set to come in a presidential election year. The justices took …

Supreme Court to hear abortion pill case
1 year ago

Supreme Court to hear abortion pill case

NPR  

Supreme Court to hear abortion pill case Enlarge this image toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court reentered the abortion debate Wednesday, agreeing to review a lower court decision that would make mifepristone, the commonly used abortion pill, less accessible. Sponsor Message The clash over the abortion pill began April 7 in Texas when U.S. …

Supreme Court announces it will hear abortion pill case
1 year ago

Supreme Court announces it will hear abortion pill case

Salon  

The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it would issue a ruling on whether a commonly used abortion pill should be widely available. Although U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Texas issued a ruling in April to outright revoke the FDA's authorization of mifepristone, the Supreme Court halted that decision the same month. President Biden's administration asked the Supreme Court …

Republicans Have a New Plan to Save the Supreme Court Abortion Pill Case
1 year, 1 month ago

Republicans Have a New Plan to Save the Supreme Court Abortion Pill Case

Slate  

On the eve of this month’s off-year elections, the top lawyers in three states threw something of a Hail Mary pass: They went to the courtroom of one of the most notorious Trump judges in the country and asked to join the lawsuit that could revoke FDA approval of the abortion pill, mifepristone. Andrew Bailey of Missouri, Kris Kobach of …

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Can’t Stop Falling for Phony Plaintiffs
1 year, 2 months ago

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Can’t Stop Falling for Phony Plaintiffs

Slate  

This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate’s coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA also reflects a disturbing new pattern at the nation’s highest court: Right-wing lawyers and activists are increasingly constructing straw man plaintiffs to stand in for conservative ideological interests, and the Republican-appointed justices are happy to play along. …

Supreme Court is asked to reject limits on a drug used in the most common method of abortion
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court is asked to reject limits on a drug used in the most common method of abortion

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is being asked to reverse an appellate ruling that would cut off mail-order access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States. A federal appeals court ruling in August would revoke approval for sending the drug through the mail and would shorten, from the current 10 weeks to …

DOJ and Mifepristone maker ask Supreme Court to make ultimate decision on abortion drug in 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

DOJ and Mifepristone maker ask Supreme Court to make ultimate decision on abortion drug in 2024

CNN  

CNN — The Supreme Court is once again being asked to make a major ruling on abortion in an election year. The Department of Justice and a manufacturer of the widely used abortion drug mifepristone asked the Supreme Court on Friday to reverse a lower court ruling that, if allowed to go into effect, would restrict access to the drug. …

Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — Lawyers seeking to preserve pregnant women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion got pushback Wednesday from appellate judges with a history of supporting abortion restrictions. Biden administration attorney Sarah Harrington opened by calling U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s April 7 ruling an “unprecedented and unjustified attack on the FDA’s scientific expertise.” …

Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Abortion pill case moves to appeals court, on track for Supreme Court

Firstpost  

Legal arguments about women’s access to medicine used in the most common method of abortion will be heard in a federal appeals court in New Orleans on Wednesday, in a lawsuit challenging a Food and Medicine Administration decision issued more than two decades ago. Judges nominated to the district court and appeals court by former President Donald Trump are playing …

Conservatives may lose the mifepristone battle but their war on abortion rights will continue
1 year, 8 months ago

Conservatives may lose the mifepristone battle but their war on abortion rights will continue

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the abortion drug mifepristone will remain available while appeals play out on a lawsuit that sought to take the drug off the market. National anti-choice groups have set their sights on abolishing abortion at the federal level, which is why they’re trying to get a regulatory do-over for mifepristone 23 years and 5 million …

What’s next for abortion pill after Supreme Court’s order
1 year, 8 months ago

What’s next for abortion pill after Supreme Court’s order

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nothing will change for now. That’s what the Supreme Court said Friday evening about access to a widely used abortion pill. The court’s action almost certainly will leave access to mifepristone unchanged at least into next year, as appeals play out, including a potential appeal to the high court. The new abortion controversy comes less than a year …

What’s next in the Supreme Court fight over abortion pill mifepristone?
1 year, 8 months ago

What’s next in the Supreme Court fight over abortion pill mifepristone?

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. That's what the Supreme Court said Friday evening about access to a widely used …

U.S. Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now
1 year, 8 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. “As is common practice, the Supreme Court has decided to maintain the status quo that existed prior to our lawsuit while our challenge to the FDA’s illegal approval of chemical abortion drugs and its …

Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues. “As is common practice, the Supreme Court has decided to maintain the status quo that existed prior to our lawsuit while our challenge to the FDA’s illegal approval of chemical abortion drugs …

Supreme Court abortion pill vote a 'signal' that ban likely going nowhere: Legal expert
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court abortion pill vote a 'signal' that ban likely going nowhere: Legal expert

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling that at least for now preserves women’s access to an abortion drug in the United States sends a “signal” to lower courts that little appetite exists on the nation’s highest court to ban mifepristone, a legal expert said Friday. “It is a signal,” NYU law professor Ryan Goodman said during an appearance on CNN’s Erin …

Supreme Court stays order banning abortion drug mifepristone
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court stays order banning abortion drug mifepristone

Raw Story  

The Supreme Court stayed a lower court ruling on Friday that would have blocked access to medication abortion throughout the United States. Earlier this month, District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a Trump appointee in Amarillo, Texas, ruled to block the Food and Drug Administration's long-standing authorization of the abortion drug mifepristone, overruling both the expert medical opinion of regulators and two …

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone
1 year, 8 months ago

US Supreme Court upholds access to abortion pill mifepristone

Al Jazeera  

The ruling preserves broad access to mifepristone, while litigation continues over the pill’s approval for US use. “But let’s be clear – the American people must continue to use their vote as their voice, and elect a Congress who will pass a law restoring the protections of Roe v Wade,” Biden added, citing a landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that …

What to know about the abortion pill mifepristone
1 year, 8 months ago

What to know about the abortion pill mifepristone

Al Jazeera  

The US Supreme Court is considering whether to uphold restrictions to the pill used in more than half of US abortions. The United States Supreme Court is scheduled to issue a decision that could affect access to mifepristone, an abortion pill used in more than half of all abortion procedures in the US. Anti-abortion rights advocates view pills like mifepristone …

Supreme Court blocks lower court decision in case on FDA approval of abortion pill
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court blocks lower court decision in case on FDA approval of abortion pill

NPR  

Supreme Court blocks lower court decision in case on FDA approval of abortion pill Enlarge this image toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Jacquelyn Martin/AP The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked lower court decisions banning or limiting the FDA-approved use of the abortion pill mifepristone for the foreseeable future. President Biden on Friday said that his administration will continue to defend …

The Supreme Court fight over an abortion pill: What’s next?
1 year, 8 months ago

The Supreme Court fight over an abortion pill: What’s next?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court initially gave itself a deadline of Wednesday to decide whether women seeking access to a widely used abortion pill would face more restrictions while a court case plays out. The new abortion controversy comes less than a year after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states …

Supreme Court extends access to abortion pill to Friday
1 year, 8 months ago

Supreme Court extends access to abortion pill to Friday

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Friday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug mifepristone to take effect. At stake now is whether to allow restrictions on mifepristone ordered by a lower court to take effect while a legal challenge to the medication’s …

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