The Texas Abortion-Pill Ruling Signals Pro-Lifers’ Next Push Kacsmaryk’s unprecedented ruling, however, is not just a bid to block access to abortion pills. It is an open invitation to anti-abortion-rights groups to use the Comstock Act—a law passed 150 years ago and rarely enforced in the past century—to seek a nationwide federal ban on all … Read more
Federal judges issue conflicting rulings in a pill used for medication abortion A federal judge in Texas blocked the FDA’s approval of mifepristone. Another in Washington state issued a conflicting ruling. The matter now seems poised to head for the Supreme Court. Read more at The 19th Federal judge blocks abortion pill approval But the … Read more
The Legal Decision That Could Rewrite the Abortion Battle—Again But in the courts, battles are raging on a near-constant basis. This week, abortion advocates and opponents alike have their eyes trained on Texas, where a federal court presided over by a Donald Trump–appointed judge could soon move to block the distribution of mifepristone, an FDA-approved … Read more
Anti-Abortion Activists Got What They Wanted. They Can’t Agree on What’s Next Musgrave, a former member of Congress, understands how public opinion works. “We want to end all abortion. But we’re practical. And we know what’s doable,” she says. At the same time, she says, her organization and others are keeping their eyes on the … Read more
