Nonilex

#SCOTUS is temporarily leaving women’s #access to a widely used #AbortionMedication untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, #mifepristone, to take effect.

Justice Samuel Alito’s order Monday allows #women seeking an #abortion to continue obtaining the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor.

#law
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pills-mifepristone-supreme-court-louisiana-5cb02123db6e8e5520cd995efc751b82

Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion pill mifepristone

The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect. Justice Samuel Alito’s order Monday allows women seeking abortions to continue obtaining the pill at pharmacies or through the mail, without an in-person visit to a doctor. It prevents restrictions on mifepristone imposed by a federal appeals court from taking effect for now. The court is dealing with its latest abortion controversy four years after its conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed more than a dozen states to effectively ban abortion outright. Louisiana leads the current challenge.

AP News
May 11 at 8:05pmWeb
Show threadvolkris1d ago

@Nonilex

You're framing the issue backwards.

The status quo in the US has drugs being illegal until allowed, for better or worse.

In this case, the feds claimed to allow the drug, but basically admitted they didn't follow legal procedure for allowing it.

So this is not about whether to allow restrictions on the drug--that's just the norm--but whether to recognize federal efforts to approve the drug for sale.