The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear its first abortion case since the 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade and upheaval of reproductive rights in America. Consider how much the justices’ decision has changed the country: Fourteen states now have total bans and seven others have imposed substantial restrictions on access to abortion. Some states that ban abortion are trying to keep abortion medication from crossing their borders and, separately, are seeking to block a federal law that allows emergency...
By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear its first abortion case since the 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade and upheaval of reproductive rights in America. Consider how much the justices’ decision has changed the country: Fourteen states now have total bans and seven others have imposed substantial
By Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear its first abortion case since the 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade and upheaval of reproductive rights in America. Consider how much the justices’ decision has changed the country: Fourteen states now have total bans and seven others have imposed substantial
The Supreme Court heard arguments challenging access to the abortion pill Mifepristone. Rachel Maddow joins Joy Reid to discuss.
The Supreme Court reenters the contentious legal battle over abortion on Tuesday as it weighs restrictions on the drug that is most widely used in the United States to terminate pregnancies. US Supreme Court considers abortion pill restriction. The Supreme Court reenters the contentious legal battle over abortion on Tuesday as it weighs restrictions on Read More
The court could roll back approvals of the drug that allow it to be
Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett often link arms on cases, particularly when it comes to abortion and reproductive rights. And these two Donald Trump appointees with similar backgrounds and sensibilities shared a distinct concern Tuesday during oral arguments over Food and Drug Administration regulation of the abortion pill mifepristone: Whether any doctor had been forced, against his or her conscience, to participate in an abortion. Kavanaugh asked only one question during the 90...
The Supreme Court appears skeptical of limiting access to the abortion pill mifepristone nationwide, but the impact of limiting access to abortion pills depends on the state.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in a case that has everything to do with abortion and, at the same time, nothing to do with abortion. The court will decide whether the Federal Drug Administration acted properly in 2016 and 2021 when it made it easier for women to obtain mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortions in this country. At the same time, this case has nothing to do with abortion. It’s about whether the FDA, a federal executive agency, acted...
What happened to “safe, legal and rare”?
In the first major abortion case since overturning Roe v. Wade, the high court is considering restrictions on a drug used for medication abortions.
The Supreme Court's anti-abortion 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. A ruling to restrict the most common method of abortion would limit the rights of women in California and other states where abortion remains legal. "We may have thought we were protected because California is supportive of abortion, but this decision [on abortion pills] will be national in scope,"...