What happened to “safe, legal and rare”?
The pill Mifepristone, which helps end early pregnancy, is the center of this Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court heard arguments challenging access to the abortion pill Mifepristone. Rachel Maddow joins Joy Reid to discuss.
A container ship rammed into Baltimore’s largest bridge early yesterday morning, causing it to snap and plunge into the river below. Six people are presumed dead as of this morning. Later in the morning, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the first major abortion case since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022. At stake is access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Both news stories speak to the frailty and sacredness of all human life. As Christians, what can we do to influence our culture to...
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 Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to hear oral arguments in a case that would decide access to one of the two pills used for medication abortions – the most common type of abortion in the U.S.The case centers around the Food and Drug Administration's expansion of access to mifepristone, including allowing mail-orders. Medical groups who oppose abortion alleged the agency acted unlawfully when it relaxed the rules.The court isn’t expected to make a decision on the case until the...
At issue is the FDA's regulatory power to approve drugs and continually evaluate their safety — a system that until now has been widely viewed as the gold standard for both safety and innovation
U.S. Supreme Court justices did not appear ready to limit Americans’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
U.S. Supreme Court justices did not appear ready to limit Americans’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
WASHINGTON — A Supreme Court rejection of a challenge to abortion pill mifepristone could hinge on how the justices assess "conscience objections" raised by doctors who do not wish to treat patients suffering from complications after taking the drug. The court signaled during Tuesday's argument that it could conclude that the plaintiffs — seven named doctors and associated anti-abortion groups — do not have legal standing to bring the lawsuit in part because their conscience objection arguments...
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over limiting access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation.The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade two years ago had immediate political consequences, clearing the way for bans or severe restrictions on abortion in many Republican-led states. If the court were to uphold restrictions on medication abortions, it could roil the election landscape in races for Congress and the presidency.A decision...