Case will determine future of mifepristone in first major abortion issue to reach country’s highest court since it overturned Roe

Case will determine future of mifepristone in first major abortion issue to reach country’s highest court since it overturned Roe

The US supreme court on Wednesday agreed to hear oral arguments in a case that could determine the future of a pill used in most abortions in the US, in the first major abortion rights case to land at the country’s highest court since the justices overturned Roe v Wade and abolished the national right to the procedure in 2022.

A decision in the case will probably arrive in summer 2024, just months before the presidential election. The outcome of the case could affect not just access to the pill, which has been repeatedly deemed safe and effective, but the Federal Drug Administration’s authority to regulate all manner of medications.

The drug at the heart of the case is mifepristone, one of the two drugs typically used in medication abortions, which make up the majority of US abortions. Last year, an association of anti-abortion organizations and doctors, the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, filed a federal lawsuit arguing that the FDA had overstepped its authority when it approved mifepristone in 2000.

  • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    7 months ago

    Don’t listen to him, he’s too emotional to deal with the matter rationally right now.

    We should distribute the pill online so people can still get it when they need.

    • Caradoc879@lemmy.worldEnglish
      72·
      7 months ago

      Jesus fuck… so your best solution is black market abortion pills? Have you looked at history? It’s so dangerous.

      I’'ll be joining protests. I’ll be canvassing for politicians and people I believe in. I’ll be supporting organizations working to repeal this and allow safe, legal, regulated medications.

      I’ll not be putting my families safety and livelihood at risk by joining black market drug rings.

        • Caradoc879@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          7 months ago

          NOBODY should be expected to pit their lives and families lives at risk for other people. It’s great when they do, but we call people like that heroes because it’s not normal, and it’s not normal to expect normal people with families to do that.

          Also no need for insults, but since you started it, go shove a cactus up your fucking ass, moron.