LIVE UPDATES: Supreme Court to Hear Major Abortion Pill Challenge

[epoch_component type=”live_update” section_title=”What to Know” update_time=”2024-03-25T22:53″ inline_authors=”164325,101668″ update_source=”” pinned=”true”]The case today on a challenge to the Biden administration’s decision to relax certain regulations around how women receive the abortion pill mifepristone. Oral argument will likely focus on whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to abide by its standards for protecting women’s safety and health, as well as whether the individuals challenging the FDA regulations have standing—the idea that they suffered harm that allows them to sue in court. A group of doctors is challenging the FDA’s 2016 and 2021 decisions, which collectively altered the dosage of the medication known as mifepristone, as well as how much women had to interact with doctors in person and receive the pill in person. The FDA’s rules, they argue, should receive scrutiny under the Administrative Procedures Act, which allows for judicial review of certain types of agency action....