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The question is can the group get past Alito and Thomas?
The drug is at the center of an escalating legal dispute. The Supreme Court preserved full access to mifepristone in April, putting on hold a lower court’s ruling that the Food and Drug Administration erred in making the drug more broadly available. This month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit will consider the case brought by antiabortion groups against the FDA’s regulation of mifepristone, a decision that will almost surely be appealed to the Supreme Court.
Mifepristone is often taken in combination with misoprostol and is approved to at least some degree by 94 countries worldwide. The FDA has broadened access to mifepristone since it first approved it over 20 years ago, giving the go-ahead for at-home use.
Nearly a year after the Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, two-thirds of Americans say they oppose the decision to eliminate the constitutional right to an abortion, including 54 percent who oppose it “strongly.” Opinions have stayed consistent, with more than half saying they were strongly opposed in three Post-ABC polls taken since September 2022…