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Well, it happened again. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in the case based on trumped-up facts. This time we will talk about mifepristone, which is the main abortion drug. Hippocratic Medical Alliance v FDA.
The claim was that the FDA's approval process (30 years ago) for mifepristone, one of two medication abortion drugs, was haphazard and haphazard. The Hippocratic Medical Alliance also argued for the FDA's 2021 decision to allow telemedicine abortions and the mailing of abortion pills. Known as the Comstock Act, he violates the 19th century Anti-Vice Act.
On this week's show, Dahlia Lithwick speaks with Carrie N. Baker, a Smith College professor and author of a forthcoming book. Abortion pills: U.S. history and politics. Baker said taking away the right to access abortion pills by mail could have devastating consequences for pregnant people, drug development, and the privacy of all Americans. There is.
In this week's subscriber-only segment, Slate's Trump law correspondent Jeremy Stahl provides an update on several lawsuits against the former president, including a “massive” debt charge in New York that begins Monday.
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