SCOTUS Rejects Abortion Pill Challenge in Unanimous Decision

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(The Guardian) Supreme court rejects bid to restrict mifepristone
The supreme court has rejected a bid to restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone.

The decision overturned an appeals ruling that would have restricted mail-order prescriptions of the common abortion drug.

The nation’s highest court arrived at the decision unanimously, in turn marking a win for reproductive rights across the country.

Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill - SCOTUSblog

This article was updated on June 13 at 2:20 p.m. The Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit seeking to roll back access to mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortions. In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that the doctors and medical groups challenging the expansion

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(The Guardian) Joe Biden: 'Fight for reproductive freedom continues'
Joe Biden has released the following statement on the supreme court’s decision to uphold mifepristone: Today’s decision does not change the fact that the fight for reproductive freedom continues. It does not change the fact that the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade two years ago, and women lost a fundamental freedom. It does not change the fact that the right for a woman to get the treatment she needs is imperiled if not impossible in many states.

It does mean that mifepristone, or medication abortion, remains available and approved. Women can continue to access this medication – approved by the FDA as safe and effective more than 20 years ago. But let’s be clear: attacks on medication abortion are part of Republican elected officials’ extreme and dangerous agenda to ban abortion nationwide … The stakes could not be higher for women across America.

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ACLU hails supreme court's mifepristone decision: 'This fight is far from over'
The American Civil Liberties Union hailed the supreme court’s decision on mifepristone, saying: The supreme court just unanimously rejected a request by anti-abortion extremists to impose medically unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone, a safe and effective medication used in most abortions nationwide. This fight isn’t over. Anti-abortion politicians have already pledged to continue their efforts in this case to deny people access to medication abortion.