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Robin Abcarian: Who will make abortion pill rules? A bunch of right-wing judges, or FDA scientists?

Here we go again. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced that it will decide whether the Food and Drug Administration has wrongly loosened the rules for abortion pills, which have been used safely for decades and now account for half of all U.S. abortions. The case against the drug, mifepristone, was filed by a group of antiabortion physicians in a Texas federal court whose sole judge, U.S. ...
People rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 50th annual March for Life rally on Jan. 20, 2023, in Washington, DC.

Here we go again.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced that it will decide whether the Food and Drug Administration has wrongly loosened the rules for abortion pills, which have been used safely for decades and now account for half of all U.S. abortions.

The case against the drug, mifepristone, was filed by a group of antiabortion physicians in a Texas federal court whose sole judge, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, is known for his right-wing, anti-LGBTQ+, antiabortion bent.

The physicians could have filed in Maryland, where the FDA

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