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The Supreme Court said Wednesday it will consider whether to restrict access to a widely used abortion drug — even in states where the procedure is still allowed.

The case concerns the drug mifepristone that — when coupled with another drug — is one of the most common abortion methods in the United States.

The decision means the conservative-leaning court will again wade into the abortion debate after overturning Roe v. Wade last year, altering the landscape of abortion rights nationwide and triggering more than half the states to outlaw or severely restrict the procedure.

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[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 73 points 11 months ago (4 children)

They brought upon themselves an unusual position of ruling on abortion access even after its conservative majority declared that it would leave that question to the states.

[–] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 89 points 11 months ago (2 children)

To which it isn't authorized to rule because that falls to the FDA. They are religious zealots and not qualified to rule on medicine.

[–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 49 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

If this is actually successful, expect republicans to begin going after more fda approvals in the courts for things like hiv medications or vaccines. Anything that appeals to their religious zealot base, doesn't matter how many people they harm.

Edit: Didn't think of this originally, and not strictly related to abortion access debate, but the ruling as it stands could allow for pharmaceutical companies to sue each other and try to overturn the approvals of competitors' drugs. It's just such an unfathomably bad ruling on soooooo many levels.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not just FDA, all regulating bodies.

[–] Ranvier@sopuli.xyz 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You're right, the more I think about this ruling the worse it gets. The fifth circuit court should be fired...

Out of a canon and into the sun

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago
[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

I'd pay a dollar to see that!

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 13 points 11 months ago

Yeah, people don't really understand the precedent that would be set here.

Chevron deference is extremely important, and the GOP is openly working to "dismantle the administrative state," to use their own words.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 14 points 11 months ago

That is because the conservative majority are a bunch of hypocritical lying liars.

[–] pulaskiwasright@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

Conservatives aren’t bound by the need to make sense or be consistent.

[–] tygerprints@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

And yet most everyone amongst us, you know us lowly civilians, actually want women to have abortion rights. The conservatives who represent us are not in any hurry to actually represent us at all, and seem only interested in doing the diametrically opposite of what people who elect them want them to be doing. Maybe it's time to stop electing self-serving bastards - just a thought.