The FDA Should Not Enforce the 5th Circuit’s Indefensible Abortion Pill Decision
1 year, 8 months ago

The FDA Should Not Enforce the 5th Circuit’s Indefensible Abortion Pill Decision

Slate  

Early Thursday morning, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals partially vindicated Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s lawless and unprecedented decision attempting to cut off access to mifepristone, the first drug in a medication abortion. And he held that the doctors’ anti-abortion organization has standing because the “FDA’s actions have frustrated their organizational efforts to educate their members and the public on the effects of mifepristone.” The only novel feature of the 5th Circuit’s analysis is that the court admits that the six-year statute of limitations for challenging such an agency action bars an attack on the original approval of mifepristone in 2000. Those approvals reduced medication abortion patients’ required trips to the doctor from three to one, and then to zero ; allowed a generic version of the drug to be manufactured ; increased the period of pregnancy when mifepristone can be prescribed, from 50 days to 70; allowed medical providers other than doctors to prescribe the medication; and eliminated reporting requirements of certain adverse reactions. But the 5th Circuit strongly suggests that’s wrong, and that the law criminalizes all “carriage in interstate commerce” of any “drug, medicine, article, or thing” designed “for producing abortion.” If that’s true, then it lays the groundwork for a federal ban on abortion.

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The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide
54 years, 11 months ago

The Next Trump Administration’s Crackdown on Abortion Will Be Swift, Brutal, and Nationwide

Slate  

On Tuesday, many Americans simultaneously voted to protect abortion rights and elect Donald Trump president. Trump’s second administration is all but guaranteed to impose major federal restrictions on abortion access. And although the drug is generally banned in states that prohibit abortion, blue states have set up “shield laws” that allow their providers to prescribe and mail it to red-state …

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Louisiana’s new law on abortion drugs establishes risky treatment delays, lawsuit claims

The Independent  

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Two Georgia deaths are tied to abortion restrictions. Experts say abortion pills they took are safe
3 months ago

Two Georgia deaths are tied to abortion restrictions. Experts say abortion pills they took are safe

Associated Press  

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to speak about abortion Friday in Georgia, where two women’s deaths have been tied to a state law that mostly bans the procedure after roughly six weeks. Abortion opponents say the more lax restrictions resulted in many more “emergency complications.” But that argument lumps together women experiencing a range of issues with mifepristone — …

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,” …

Activists Are Still Worried After the Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling
6 months, 1 week ago

Activists Are Still Worried After the Supreme Court’s Abortion Pill Ruling

Bloomberg  

Hi, it’s Fiona and Ella in New York. On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled on the first major case on reproductive rights since it overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. On Thursday, the Supreme Court preserved broad access to the abortion pill. Anti-abortion groups — represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal group that helped drive the effort to …

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 …

Abortion pill access is unchanged after the Supreme Court’s decision. Here’s what you need to know
6 months, 1 week ago

Abortion pill access is unchanged after the Supreme Court’s decision. Here’s what you need to know

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Access to the abortion pill mifepristone will not change after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected an effort Thursday by anti-abortion groups to roll back its availability, a win for abortion rights supporters and millions of women in states where abortion is legal. Despite the ruling, women’s access to mifepristone still largely depends on a patchwork of state …

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 …

Abortion providers back to ‘business as usual’ after high court's mifepristone ruling
6 months, 1 week ago

Abortion providers back to ‘business as usual’ after high court's mifepristone ruling

NPR  

Abortion providers back to ‘business as usual’ after high court's mifepristone ruling toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Some abortion providers were stockpiling mifepristone. “The Supreme Court has not made it more difficult than it already is for people to get access to abortion pills.” Jacobson, who works for Aid Access, one of the largest abortion-by-mail organizations that sends pills to …

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 …

Opinion: What a relief. The Supreme Court did the right thing on mifepristone
6 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: What a relief. The Supreme Court did the right thing on mifepristone

LA Times  

The same Supreme Court that overruled Roe vs. Wade two years ago on Thursday followed well-established constitutional principles to dismiss a lawsuit that sought to restrict the availability of mifepristone, a drug used to medically induce abortions. A conservative panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit said that Kacsmaryk erred in overturning the FDA’s 2000 approval …

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 …

Challenge to abortion drug rejected by U.S. Supreme Court
6 months, 1 week ago

Challenge to abortion drug rejected by U.S. Supreme Court

Salon  

On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected a challenged restricting access to mifepristone, the first drug used in a medication abortion. The court’s decision in the case U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine ruled against Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, an organization of anti-abortion activists backed by the Christian right-wing lobbying group Alliance Defending Freedom, who brought the …

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 …

What to Know About the Abortion Pill After the Supreme Court Ruling
6 months, 1 week ago

What to Know About the Abortion Pill After the Supreme Court Ruling

Bloomberg  

The US Supreme Court on June 13 preserved the current level of access to medication abortion, the most common method of terminating a pregnancy in the country. The conservative-majority court unanimously ruled that anti-abortion doctors and organizations that sued in an attempt to overrule the way the Food and Drug Administration regulates the abortion pill mifepristone, which is commonly available …

Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill accessibility
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill accessibility

NPR  

Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill accessibility The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a challenge to the FDA’s rules for prescribing and dispensing abortion pills. She says that future challenges could come from conservative states that could reasonably argue that the FDA's accessibility regulations render restrictive state abortion laws moot. Mary Zeigler, a law professor at UC …

Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Louisiana governor signs bill making two abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances

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. Read our privacy policy Louisiana’s Republican governor Jeff …

Louisiana lawmakers vote to restrict abortion pill
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Louisiana lawmakers vote to restrict abortion pill

Raw Story  

Republican lawmakers in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana gave final approval Thursday to a bill that would criminalize possession of abortion pills without a prescription. The bill comes as abortion rights are being hotly debated ahead of November's presidential election pitting Democratic incumbent Joe Biden against likely Republican challenger Donald Trump. "This is a direct result of Trump overturning …

Louisiana lawmakers OK bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances
7 months ago

Louisiana lawmakers OK bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances

LA Times  

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed into law by the governor. Supporters of the …

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors
7 months ago

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

Associated Press  

— Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make it a crime to possess two abortion-inducing drugs without a prescription, a move that doctors fear could prevent them from adequately treating their patients in a timely manner. More than 200 doctors signed a letter to lawmakers saying the measure could produce a “barrier to physicians’ ease of prescribing …

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors
7 months ago

Louisiana lawmakers advance bill to reclassify abortion drugs, worrying doctors

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Louisiana lawmakers on Tuesday advanced …

Some North Carolina abortion pill restrictions are unlawful, federal judge says
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Some North Carolina abortion pill restrictions are unlawful, federal judge says

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — Some of North Carolina government’s restrictions on dispensing abortion pills, such as requiring that doctors to prescribe and provide the drug to the patient in person, are unlawful because they frustrate the goal of Congress to use federal regulators to ensure the drug is distributed safely, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Yet some “statutory requirements of the …

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 …

Supreme Court restricting mifepristone would be a "slippery slope" for future drugs
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court restricting mifepristone would be a "slippery slope" for future drugs

Salon  

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could restrict access to mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions, nationwide. “Since its approval over two decades ago, mifepristone has been used by more than 5 million people in the U.S. to end pregnancies through abortion or to support miscarriage care.” McGill Johnson said “we …

5 takeaways from the abortion pill case before the U.S. Supreme Court
8 months, 3 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 Justices Question Why Abortion Pill Suit Is In Front Of Them
8 months, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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 …

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 …

Mifepristone Access Is Coming Before The Supreme Court. How Safe Is This Abortion Pill?
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Mifepristone Access Is Coming Before The Supreme Court. How Safe Is This Abortion Pill?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. Abortion opponents say the more lax restrictions resulted in many more “emergency complications.” But that argument lumps together women experiencing a range …

What's at stake in the Supreme Court mifepristone case
8 months, 4 weeks ago

What's at stake in the Supreme Court mifepristone case

NPR  

What's at stake in the Supreme Court mifepristone case Enlarge this image toggle caption Tracy Lee for NPR Tracy Lee for NPR Just months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, a newly-formed group called the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine sued the Food and Drug Administration, challenging its approval of mifepristone, a medication used for abortion. It …

Supreme Court’s antiabortion conservatives could restrict abortion pills sent by mail, even in blue states
8 months, 4 weeks 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 …

The US Supreme Court just ruled on mifepristone. How safe is the abortion pill?
8 months, 4 weeks ago

The US Supreme Court just ruled on mifepristone. How safe is the abortion pill?

Associated Press  

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. Legal briefs filed with the court describe the pill’s safety in vastly different terms: Medical professionals call it “among the safest medications” ever approved by …

Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits
8 months, 4 weeks 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 …

From convenience to crisis: Here's what will happen if the Supreme Court restricts mifepristone
9 months ago

From convenience to crisis: Here's what will happen if the Supreme Court restricts mifepristone

Salon  

On March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will finally hear oral arguments over the safety of mifepristone — the first drug used in a medication abortion. “We found that 2 percent of those patients said they would not have been able to get an abortion at all,” Upadhyay said, noting that "sounds small, but there are over a million abortions …

US pharmacy chains will offer abortion drug as Supreme Court prepares to hear major post-Roe case
9 months, 3 weeks ago

US pharmacy chains will offer abortion drug as Supreme Court prepares to hear major post-Roe case

The Independent  

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Journal publisher retracts studies used by Texas judge who ruled to suspend use of abortion pill
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Journal publisher retracts studies used by Texas judge who ruled to suspend use of abortion pill

CNN  

CNN — The academic publisher Sage Publications has retracted studies used by a Texas judge in a ruling that would suspend federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The Texas judge whose ruling in April 2023 would suspend federal approval of mifepristone, US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, cited this study to suggest that the groups that brought the mifepristone lawsuit …

Study cited by Texas judge in abortion pill case retracted
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Study cited by Texas judge in abortion pill case retracted

Raw Story  

Two of the key studies cited by plaintiffs and judges as evidence that medication abortion should be pulled from the market or heavily restricted have been retracted because of undeclared conflicts of interest and unreliable findings, academic publisher Sage announced Monday. The studies are: “A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Emergency Room Utilization Following Mifepristone Chemical and Surgical Abortions, 1999–2015” “A …

"Devastating": Restricting abortion drug access would inflict unnecessary suffering for miscarriages
10 months, 3 weeks ago

"Devastating": Restricting abortion drug access would inflict unnecessary suffering for miscarriages

Salon  

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court set a date for one of the highest stakes cases on abortion care this year: accessibility to mifepristone, commonly referred to as “the abortion pill." “Patients who need Mifepristone to complete a miscarriage will suffer,” Julia Kaye, ACLU’s senior staff attorney with the Reproductive Freedom Project, told Salon. “For some patients, particularly low income …

DOJ and Mifepristone maker urge Supreme Court to preserve full access to abortion pill
11 months ago

DOJ and Mifepristone maker urge Supreme Court to preserve full access to abortion pill

CNN  

CNN — The Justice Department and the manufacturer of a widely used abortion pill urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to preserve full access to the drug, warning that a lower-court ruling restricting its availability “threatens profound harms” nationwide. The pair of filings from the Justice Department and Danco Laboratories, a manufacturer of the drug and an intervenor in the …

Supreme Court allows Idaho to continue enforcing ban on emergency abortions
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court allows Idaho to continue enforcing ban on emergency abortions

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. Read our privacy policy The Supreme Court permitted Idaho to continue enforcing its strict …

US women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions
11 months, 3 weeks ago

US women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions

Associated Press  

Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get. A research letter published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at requests for these pills from people who weren’t pregnant and sought …

Uncertainty around US abortion landscape drives surge in requests to stockpile abortion medication, research shows
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Uncertainty around US abortion landscape drives surge in requests to stockpile abortion medication, research shows

CNN  

CNN — Amid significant upheaval to the abortion landscape in the United States, thousands of women have preemptively requested medication abortion pills in case they need them in the future, new research shows. In the first eight months that Aid Access offered advance provision of medication abortion – from September 2021 through April 2022 – it received an average of …

U.S. women stock up on abortion pills, especially when there’s news about restrictions
11 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. women stock up on abortion pills, especially when there’s news about restrictions

LA Times  

Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprostol at an Iowa clinic in 2010. Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get. A research letter published Tuesday in JAMA Internal …

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 …

A common abortion pill will come before the US Supreme Court. Here’s how mifepristone works
1 year ago

A common abortion pill will come before the US Supreme Court. Here’s how mifepristone works

Associated Press  

Medication abortion is the preferred method of ending pregnancy in the U.S., and one of the two drugs used — mifepristone — will now go in front of the U.S. Supreme Court next year. The Supreme Court will hear a case in the spring that could block mail-order access to mifepristone and impose restrictions on its use, even in states …

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