Supreme Court weighs major changes to abortion pill access
Published Date: 3/27/2024
Source: KTLA 5
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on the first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. After Tuesday's hearings, the court seemed likely to preserve access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion case since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. In nearly 90 minutes of arguments, a consensus appeared to emerge that the abortion opponents who challenged the FDA's approval of the medication, mifepristone, and subsequent actions to ease access to it, lack the legal right or standing to sue. Such a decision would leave in place the current rules that allow patients to receive the drug through the mail, without any need for an in-person visit with a doctor, and to take the medication to induce an abortion through 10 weeks of pregnancy. Should the court take the no-standing route, it would avoid the more politically sensitive aspects of the case. Details: https://ktla.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-supreme-court-hears-arguments-tuesday-in-case-that-could-restrict-access-to-abortion-medication/ KTLA 5 News - Keeping Southern Californians informed since 1947.