"[T]his case is simply about whether a State may prevent people within its borders from going to another State, and from assisting others in going to another State, to engage in lawful conduct there."
There are no good sides in today's Supreme Court case concerning the EMTALA and abortion.
How a use tax on mifepristone might scramble abortion debates.
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Reproductive freedom initiatives are advancing toward November ballots, putting the matter of abortion access in voters' hands.
The case hinged on statutory interpretation, not the merits of the state's 1864 ban.
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His embrace of federalism is one of those rare instances when political expedience coincides with constitutional principles.
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The former and would-be president is keen to avoid alienating voters who reject both kinds of extremism on the issue.
Did the Alabama legislature's response to a controversial state supreme court decision give a special interest special treatment?
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If doctors cannot sue the FDA for failing to restrict pharmaceuticals or other products, can anyone else? And if not, is this a problem?
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Live commentary on the Supreme Court oral argument in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine
The threshold issue in today's oral argument is Article III standing, and that issue should be determinative.
"Following the science" as the Supreme Court considers the safety and efficacy of medical abortions.
After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled in February that frozen embryos were children, legislators scrambled to protect in vitro fertilization clinics.
Two-thirds of Americans oppose the Alabama ruling that claims frozen embryos are equivalent to children.
The Court also rejects a late-filed amicus briefs from the American Bar Association, but accepts one from former FDA Commissioners.
Plus: State officials attempt to ban Donald Trump from 2024 election ballots.
A state judge ruled that a lawsuit seeking clarification on Idaho's vague abortion ban can move forward, despite dismissing some of the suit's claims.
The district court just dismissed certain procedural objections to them, though it wasn't asked to consider the substantive arguments.
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The Court announced today that it would take up a case involving access to the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone.
The Court granted two petitions for certiorari seeking review of a controversial lower court decision limiting federal approval of mifepristone.
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Abortion issues come before two other state Supreme Courts—in Arizona and Wyoming—this week as well.
The Court has been asked to intervene in cases involving abortion pills and criminal prosecution of abortion doctors.
She was the first woman Supreme Court justice, and played a key role in changing the Court's jurisprudence for the better on several issues.
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A wave of ballot measures reminds us most Americans are moderate on abortion.
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The former president is right to worry that supporting restrictions on abortion could hurt him in the general election.
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I took questions from University of Virginia law Prof. Kim Krawiec and a group of UVA law students.
Some estimates suggest the number of abortions has even increased.
Despite state-level bans, new data show around 46,000 more abortions were performed during the first six months of 2023 than during the same period in 2020.
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The Colorado governor finds common ground with many libertarians. But does he really stand for more freedom?
Alabamans have no right "to conspire with others in Alabama to try to have abortions performed out of state," argues Attorney General Steve Marshall.
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