A majority of the Supreme Court seemed inclined on Tuesday to reject a bid to sharply limit access to abortion pills. During about 90 minutes of argument, most of the justices seemed doubtful that the plaintiffs, who do not prescribe abortion pills or regularly treat abortion patients, even had standing to bring the challenge. The… Continue reading Key Takeaways From Supreme Court Arguments on Abortion Pill Access
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Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication – Chicago Tribune
By MARK SHERMAN (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America… Continue reading Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication – Chicago Tribune
Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could impact how women get access to mifepristone, one of the two pills used in the most common type of abortion in the nation. The central dispute in the case is whether the Food and Drug Administration overlooked serious safety problems when it made… Continue reading Mifepristone access is coming before the US Supreme Court
What to Know About the Federal Law at the Heart of the Latest Supreme Court Abortion Case
One of the newest battlefields in the abortion debate is a decades-old federal law called the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known by doctors and health policymakers as EMTALA. The issue involves whether the law requires hospital emergency rooms to provide abortions in urgent circumstances, including when a woman’s health is threatened by continuing… Continue reading What to Know About the Federal Law at the Heart of the Latest Supreme Court Abortion Case
Supreme Court Pauses Opioid Settlement With Sacklers Pending Review
The Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to consider the government’s challenge of a bankruptcy settlement involving Purdue Pharma, putting on pause a deal that would have shielded members of the wealthy Sackler family from civil opioid lawsuits in exchange for payments of up to $6 billion to thousands of plaintiffs. In doing so, the court… Continue reading Supreme Court Pauses Opioid Settlement With Sacklers Pending Review