The Supreme Court heard arguments challenging access to the abortion pill Mifepristone. Rachel Maddow joins Joy Reid to discuss.
Abortion access returns to the high court, nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade. This time access to the abortion pill mifepristone hangs in the balance.
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
Both conservative and liberal justices seemed dubious about limiting access to a drug used by million of women.
Americans overwhelmingly support mifepristone remaining available. And even merely restricting it could reverberate hugely -- at a time when the GOP would rather ignore such issues.
The anti-choice case relies on outlandish legal leaps. And if they can't
It always seemed farfetched that anti-abortion doctors could argue that they have the right to ask a court to severely restrict a drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration simply because they don't want to treat women who might experience complications. Do they even have standing to bring this case? Do they have any proof they have been so harmed or injured that it justifies restricting FDA-approved access to mifepristone, the first in a two-drug regimen for medication abortion?...
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone.
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how
Key takeaways: supreme court abortion pill hearingHearing on mifepristone most consequential abortion-related case since overturning of Roe v Wade nearly two years agoSupporters and opponents of abortion rights gathered on the steps of the supreme court on Tuesday, where, just beyond the marbled columns, the justices were hearing oral arguments in the most consequential abortion-related case since it overturned Roe v Wade nearly two years ago.At stake is the accessibility of mifepristone, the...
The justices’ comments in arguments over FDA actions that eased access to the drug, mifepristone, suggest that
Three women share their stories of getting medication abortions, and their thoughts on that access being curtailedMercy’s periods had always been very regular, so when she missed one in 2016, she immediately took a pregnancy test. It was positive, and she managed to get an appointment at an abortion clinic the next day.Despite being able to act quickly, she was in her seventh week of pregnancy by the time she could take abortion pills in Ohio – a state that was, at the time, debating banning...