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Podcast: The Gender Justice Brief
Episode: SCOTUS Chat: Abortion Win with Troubling Implications
Description: Host: Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications Director
Guest: Jess Braverman, Gender Justice Legal Director
On June 13, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a decision in U.S. Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, its first abortion case since the Dobbs ruling reversing Roe v. Wade.Â
In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court maintained the current FDA regulations on mifepristone, one of the two pills used in medication abortion.
This medication, alongside misoprostol, constitutes the primary method for over 60% of U.S. abortions and plays a vital role in r...