Supreme Court to Rule on Abortion Pill in Contentious Election Year

Published on January 16, 2024

Legal experts are divided over how the Supreme Court will rule in an upcoming challenge to federal regulations that relaxed restrictions in 2016 and 2021 on the commonly used abortion pill mifepristone. Advocates for mifepristone say the current system by which the drug is provided is safe, while opponents say it puts women at risk by ignoring the safety measures that used to be in place. The Biden administration and pro-abortion groups worry that the Supreme Court’s eventual decision in the case could affect the availability of the drug. At issue in the heavily litigated, complicated case are the FDA’s decision in 2016 to loosen prescription rules around mifepristone and then in 2021 to allow prescriptions to be sent by mail without the patient first visiting a physician in person....

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