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The US Supreme Court is set to decide the fate of a pill essential for medical abortions. Access to mifepristone, once called the “pill of Cain” by the Vatican, may be heavily restricted across all states if the highest court upholds a lower-court ruling limiting access to the drug.
The ruling on mifepristone is the most important abortion case to reach the US Supreme Court since it struck down Roe vs Wade in June 2022, overturning the constitutional right to end a pregnancy.
Taking mifepristone … is the most effective way to have a medication abortion. And medication abortions account for more than half of all pregnancy terminations in the US.
On Wednesday, justices agreed they would make a decision on the restrictions on mifepristone ... The case stems from an earlier ruling by a conservative US District Court judge in Texas that would have banned mifepriston …
Oral arguments on the abortion pill will be heard by the Supreme Court next year, and a decision is expected to be issued by the end of June 2024. It will come just four months before the US president election, when abortion will undoubtedly make headlines.
Until then, access to mifepristone will remain unchanged…
“Anybody who thought that the Dobbs decision was the final word on abortion and anybody who thought it just meant states are free to do what they want, well… I think we can really see that was never the case. The Dobbs decision was just one step in the anti-abortion strategy, which counts on going much further.
“Rules on what medicines are approved and how those medicines can be used are set at the federal level. If more restrictions are put on mifepristone at the federal level, that would tie the hands of every state. Even states that want to keep abortion legal….
“Most importantly, restrictions would prevent telemedicine abortion services and mail order abortion pill services from operating …”
US Supreme Court ruling on abortion pill could 'tie the hands of every state'
The ruling on mifepristone is the most important abortion case to reach the US Supreme Court since it struck down Roe vs Wade in June 2022, overturning the constitutional right to end a pregnancy.
Taking mifepristone … is the most effective way to have a medication abortion. And medication abortions account for more than half of all pregnancy terminations in the US.
On Wednesday, justices agreed they would make a decision on the restrictions on mifepristone ... The case stems from an earlier ruling by a conservative US District Court judge in Texas that would have banned mifepriston …
Oral arguments on the abortion pill will be heard by the Supreme Court next year, and a decision is expected to be issued by the end of June 2024. It will come just four months before the US president election, when abortion will undoubtedly make headlines.
Until then, access to mifepristone will remain unchanged…
“Anybody who thought that the Dobbs decision was the final word on abortion and anybody who thought it just meant states are free to do what they want, well… I think we can really see that was never the case. The Dobbs decision was just one step in the anti-abortion strategy, which counts on going much further.
“Rules on what medicines are approved and how those medicines can be used are set at the federal level. If more restrictions are put on mifepristone at the federal level, that would tie the hands of every state. Even states that want to keep abortion legal….
“Most importantly, restrictions would prevent telemedicine abortion services and mail order abortion pill services from operating …”
US Supreme Court ruling on abortion pill could 'tie the hands of every state'
