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Justices seem skeptical of challenge to restrict access to abortion pill

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The Supreme Court heard arguments today in a case in which anti-abortion doctors are challenging the FDA's regulatory actions making abortion pills more accessible.

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  1. Supreme Court appears skeptical on scope of abortion pill case

    Headline from Washington Examiner ·

  2. US Supreme Court skeptical of restrictions on abortion pill

    Headline from Digital Journal ·

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    Justices seem skeptical of challenge to restrict access to abortion pill

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  1. Fox News

    Supreme Court to rule on FDA approval of abortion drug mifepristone (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Oral arguments are scheduled for Tuesday

  2. Breitbart News

    Supreme Court to Hear High-Stakes Abortion Pill Case Next Week (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case that could impact how mifepristone is used and prescribed in the U.S.

  3. NBC News

    From IVF to birth control, Supreme Court abortion pill case could spark challenges to other drugs (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Vaccines, birth control pills, hormone therapies and fertility drugs would be subject to new litigation if the Supreme Court endorses a challenge to abortion pill mifepristone, pharmaceutical industry experts warn.

  4. Kokomo Tribune

    Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication (opens Kokomo Tribune)

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    Kokomo Tribune's feed description

    The Supreme Court is considering a new abortion case affecting women across the U.S. Abortion opponents want the high court in arguments Tuesday to ratify a ruling from a conservative

  5. The Daily Caller

    Supreme Court To Weigh Doctors’ Challenge To Removal Of Abortion Pill Safety Regulations (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    The Supreme Court will hear a major challenge to the abortion pill brought by doctors and medical associations on Tuesday.

  6. MedicalXpress

    In abortion pill case, US high court may undermine drug regulator (opens MedicalXpress)

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    MedicalXpress's feed description

    If the US Supreme Court, which on Tuesday hears a sensitive case on the availability of abortion pills, ultimately decides to restrict their access, it will impinge on the scientific authority of the federal Food and Drug Administration in unprecedented and consequential ways.

  7. Scientific American

  8. Florida Phoenix

    U.S. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits • Florida Phoenix (opens Florida Phoenix)

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    Florida Phoenix's feed description

    WASHINGTON — The same U.S. Supreme Court that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion will hear oral arguments Tuesday over access to mifepristone, a pharmaceutical used in both medication abortion and miscarriage care.

  9. Truthout

    Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments Tuesday on FDA Approval Process for Abortion Medication Mifepristone (opens Truthout)

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    Truthout's feed description

    Lower courts in the case relied on anonymous internet blog posts and questionable witnesses to formulate their opinions.

  10. ABC 7 Chicago

    Doctors challenging mifepristone face scrutiny over their limited experience, standing to sue (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    ABC 7 Chicago's feed description

    The Supreme Court abortion pill case that could make mifepristone harder to get turns on 11 anti-abortion doctors who may not have standing to sue.

  11. CNN

    The Supreme Court will decide the future of the abortion pill. A timeline of how we got here (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The high court holds the power to maintain full access to the drug or reverse regulation changes that made medication abortion more accessible in recent years.

  12. The Guardian

    How the abortion pill case at the supreme court could undo the FDA (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    The mifepristone case is viewed with trepidation by the medical industry and could have enormous consequences for drug regulation

  13. Michigan Advance

    U.S. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments Tuesday on abortion pill limits • Michigan Advance (opens Michigan Advance)

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    WASHINGTON — The same U.S. Supreme Court that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion will hear oral arguments Tuesday over access to mifepristone, a pharmaceutical used in both medication abortion and miscarriage care.

  14. NPR

    What's at stake in the Supreme Court mifepristone case (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    The case could affect not just abortion access but oversight of the drug industry and the authority of federal agencies. The court hears arguments Tuesday.

  15. Time

    Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    The fate of mifepristone will be considered by the U.S. Supreme Court in its first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade.

  16. Green Field Reporter

    Supreme Court again confronts the issue of abortion, this time over access to widely used medication - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Green Field Reporter's feed description

    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 and, perhaps, for …

  17. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Doctors challenging mifepristone face scrutiny over their limited experience with the abortion drug (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By John Fritze and Tierney Sneed, CNN (CNN) — The blockbuster case at the Supreme Court that could make it harder for millions of Americans to access the abortion pill mifepristone has turned almost entirely on 11 anti-abortion doctors and advocates who say their work has been upended by patients ex…

  18. NBC News

    A ‘dangerous precedent’: Doctors and patient advocates fear restricted access to abortion pill (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Doctors and patient advocates are alarmed over the possibility of the Supreme Court tightening access to the abortion medications mifepristone.

  19. Washington Examiner

    Mifepristone on trial: What to know about the Supreme Court oral arguments (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the FDA's approval of the abortion pill. The ruling will have a major bearing on abortion access heading into the 2024 election.

  20. CBS News

    The abortion pill battle is heading to the Supreme Court this week. Here (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case challenging a series of actions the FDA took in 2016 and 2021 that made the abortion pill mifepristone easier to obtain.

  21. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Future of medication abortion in the spotlight again ahead of SCOTUS case (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    6ABC Philadelphia's feed description

    This week, the Supreme Court will take up a case that could have major impacts on women's reproductive healthcare.

  22. KAGS Bryan

    Supreme Court faced with deciding fate of abortion pill mifepristone (opens KAGS Bryan)

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    KAGS Bryan's feed description

    The Food and Drug Administration approved the abortion-inducing drug in 2000 as a safe method to terminate pregnancies.

  23. CNN

    Supreme Court medication abortion case threatens ‘seismic shift’ in FDA drug approval process, experts warn (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The FDA’s mandate has created a trusted drug approval process that could be upended by a case about the medication abortion drug mifepristone that’s being argued Tuesday in front of the US Supreme Court, experts say.

  24. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Supreme Court seems likely to preserve access to the abortion medication mifepristone (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    In nearly 90 minutes of arguments, a consensus appeared to emerge that the abortion opponents who challenged the FDA

  25. NBC News

    Live updates: Supreme Court hears mifepristone abortion pill arguments (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The latest news and live updates as the Supreme Court hears arguments on the abortion pill mifepristone following a Texas ruling last year banning the drug.

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