Pill Cutters

“Conservative groups filed lawsuits targeting mifepristone, which is the only drug approved specifically for abortion, seeking to reverse its approval or rollback policies that have made it easier to obtain. The Supreme Court will hear a case in the spring that could block mail-order access to mifepristone and impose restrictions on its use, even in states where abortion remains legal.” The judicial war on choice is likely to continue as the Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that could limit access to the most common abortion pill.

+ “Dobbs was never about protecting mothers, or their babies. It was about control, and the abject awfulness of what the state of Texas has imposed on Kate Cox, her family, and her doctor makes that plain.” Dahlia Lithwick in Slate: Who Determines Kate Cox’s Health Care.