Ep 17 — SCOTUS Looks Ready To Terminate Mifepristone Case (Feat. Susan Rinkunas)

Law and Chaos

Have anti-choice astroturf groups gone too far? Will SCOTUS save medication abortion from the loons at the Fifth Circuit? Liz discusses the arguments in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine with reproductive rights reporter Susan Rinkunas. 

Links:

FDA v. Alliance Hippocratic Medicine, Transcript and Audio of Oral Arguments

https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2023/23-235 

The ‘WTF Is Happening’ Guide to the Supreme Court Abortion Pill Case, by Susan Rinkunas

https://www.jezebel.com/the-wtf-is-happening-guide-to-the-supreme-court-abortion-pill-case

How Hobby Lobby Could Be Trump’s Reproductive Rights Wrecking Ball, by Susan Rinkunas

https://newrepublic.com/article/179622/hobby-lobby-comstock-alito-contraception 

Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA  [District Court Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/65768749/alliance-for-hippocratic-medicine-v-us-food-and-drug-administration/ 

Alliance Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA [5th Circuit Docket via Court Listener]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67164167/alliance-hippocratic-medicine-v-fda/ 

Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA [SCOTUS Docket]

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/23-235.html 

Comstock Act, 18 USC § 461

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1461?quicksearch=18&quicksearch=461 

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